World Jan 28 As tensions rise, Iran launches 3 satellites that are part of a program criticized by the West Iran said Sunday it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket that had multiple failures in the past, the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran's ballistic missiles.
World Jan 27 Crew put out fire on tanker hit by Houthi missile after U.S. targets rebels in airstrike The crew aboard a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker hit by a missile launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels extinguished an hourslong fire onboard the stricken vessel Saturday sparked by the strike, authorities said.
World Jan 26 Houthi rebels fire missile at U.S. warship, escalating worst Middle East sea conflict in decades Yemen's Houthi rebels launched a missile Friday at a U.S. warship patrolling the Gulf of Aden, forcing it to shoot down the projectile, and struck a British vessel as their aggressive attacks on maritime traffic continue.
World Jan 24 2 cargo ships flying U.S. flags come under suspected Houthi rebel attack off Yemen Suspicion immediately fell on Yemen's Houthi rebels for carrying out the assault.
World Jan 22 Iran ‘directly involved’ with Houthi rebel ship attacks, top Navy commander says Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of the Navy’s 5th Fleet, stopped short of saying Tehran directed individual attacks by the Houthis in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
World Jan 17 A ship in the Gulf of Aden is attacked by a drone likely launched by Houthi rebels No group immediately claimed the attack. However, Houthi rebels have launched a series of similar attacks on vessels since November, saying they are backing Palestinians amid Israel's war on Hamas.
World Jan 17 Pakistan recalls ambassador to Iran after airstrike kills 2 children Islamabad angrily denounced the attack as a "blatant violation" of its airspace and said it killed two children. Tuesday's strike in Pakistan's restive southwestern Baluchistan province imperiled diplomatic relations between the two neighboring countries.
World Jan 16 U.S. conducts another attack against Houthis, hitting anti-ship missiles The strike came as the Iranian-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack against the Malta-flagged bulk carrier Zografia, also on Tuesday, in the Red Sea.
World Jan 15 Houthi rebels strike a U.S.-owned ship off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden Since November, the rebels have repeatedly targeted ships in the Red Sea, saying they were avenging Israel’s offensive in Gaza against Hamas.
World Jan 15 Missile fire strikes a ship just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, UK military says The British military says missile fire struck a ship just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden. The ship’s captain reported that the “port side of vessel hit from above by a missile."…