The Kremlin has fired its top naval commander, the biggest fallout yet from a series of devastating attacks by Ukraine on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, according to a Ukrainian and a Western official. Adm. Nikolai Yevmenov, the head of the Russian Navy for the past five years, was removed from command and replaced by the […]
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U.S. Military Ship Sets Sail to Help Build a Pier Off Gaza for Aid
The U.S. military said on Sunday that a ship had set sail carrying equipment to build a floating pier on Gaza’s coast, part of a Biden administration effort to deliver aid to the enclave by sea and help ease its hunger crisis. The administration’s plan for a pier and causeway, announced last week, could eventually […]
Read MoreRed Sea Cable Damage Highlights Mideast Conflict’s Broader Threat
Mysterious damage to vital communications cables under the Red Sea has raised concerns about whether the conflict in the Middle East is now beginning to threaten the global internet. Just as the waters off Yemen hold crucial shipping lanes, they are also a critical location for undersea cables that carry email and other digital traffic […]
Read MoreDamage to Cables Under Red Sea Highlights Mideast Conflict’s Broader Threat
Mysterious damage to vital communications cables under the Red Sea has raised concerns about whether the conflict in the Middle East is now beginning to threaten the global internet. Just as the waters off Yemen hold crucial shipping lanes, they are also a critical location for undersea cables that carry email and other digital traffic […]
Read MoreU.S. and British Warplanes Again Strike Houthi-Linked Targets in Yemen
The United States and Britain carried out another round of large-scale military strikes Saturday against multiple sites in Yemen controlled by Houthi militants, U.S. officials said. The strikes were intended to degrade the Iran-backed militants’ ability to attack ships in sea lanes that are critical for global trade, a campaign they have carried out for […]
Read MoreAngela Chao, C.E.O. of Foremost Group, Dies in a Car Crash
Angela Chao, the chief executive of a shipping company and part of a family prominent in American politics and business deals with China, died in a car crash on Sunday, in Texas. She was 50. Her family confirmed her death. Details about the accident were not immediately available. Ms. Chao had since 2018 been the […]
Read MoreU.S. Gas Producers Are Racing to Sell to Asia. And Mexico Is Key.
As soon as next year, the United States’ fossil fuel industry will gain its first foothold on a valuable shortcut to sell natural gas to Asia. The shortcut goes straight through Mexico. The new route could cut travel times to energy-hungry Asian nations roughly in half by piping the gas to a shipping terminal on […]
Read MoreBones Found on Prince Edward Island Beach Are Likely From a Shipwreck, but Which One?
Human bones were found protruding from the side of an eroding cliff on Prince Edward Island in Canada late last month. But it wasn’t a crime scene. The remains, discovered by a resident who was out for a walk along the province’s western coast, were most likely from a shipwreck that occurred roughly 150 years […]
Read MoreShipping Costs Soar in Wake of Red Sea Attacks
For about two months, a barrage of missile and drone attacks in the Red Sea by Houthi militants has posed a difficult choice to shippers using the Suez Canal: risk an airborne strike and pay sharply higher insurance rates, or forgo the canal and take the longer route around Africa, snarling schedules and entailing higher […]
Read MorePentagon Names Two SEALs Lost in Raid in Arabian Sea
The Defense Department identified on Monday the two Navy SEALs who were lost at sea and died this month during a nighttime commando raid on a small ship carrying weapons components bound for Yemen. Active-duty and veteran SEALs said it appeared that the men might have sunk quickly before they could be rescued, and that […]
Read MoreU.S. Strikes More Houthi Targets in Yemen
For the sixth time in 10 days, the United States on Friday said it had destroyed Houthi missiles in Yemen that were poised to attack merchant and military vessels in the Red Sea, a pattern of strikes that the White House says will continue for the foreseeable future to weaken the militia group. The U.S. […]
Read MoreU.S. Strikes Houthi Targets in Yemen for a Third Time
The Houthis so far have been undeterred. On Tuesday, the Houthis fired an anti-ship ballistic missile into the Red Sea, hitting the Zografia, a Maltese-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier, Central Command said. The ship’s crew reported no injuries. The vessel remained seaworthy, and continued its journey, the military said. A Houthi spokesman, Yahya Sarea, said in […]
Read MoreHouthis Attack More Ships in Red Sea After U.S.-Led Strikes in Yemen
Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen have launched a fresh round of attacks in shipping lanes critical for global trade, damaging a U.S.-owned commercial ship on Monday after attempting to hit an American warship the day before. The strikes came just days after the U.S. and British militaries unleashed a powerful barrage on militant sites in […]
Read MoreMuch of Houthis’ Offensive Capability Remains Intact After U.S.-led Airstrikes
The United States-led airstrikes on Thursday and Friday against sites in Yemen controlled by the Houthi militia damaged or destroyed about 90 percent of the targets struck, but the group retained about three-quarters of its ability to fire missiles and drones at ships transiting the Red Sea, two U.S. officials said on Saturday. The damage […]
Read MoreU.S. Leads Second Strike Against Houthis in Yemen
The United States carried out another strike against the Houthi militia in Yemen, the U.S. Central Command said on Friday night, bombing a radar facility as part of an effort to further degrade the Iran-backed group’s ability to attack ships transiting the Red Sea. It was the second straight day that the U.S. military fired […]
Read MoreU.S.-Led Airstrikes in Yemen Spark Outrage in the Middle East
Many in the Middle East, including some U.S. allies, condemned the American-led airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday and warned that they risked causing a broader conflict in the region. The strikes came after a series of Houthi attacks against ships in the Red Sea. The Houthis have said they are targeting Israeli […]
Read MoreU.S. and British Forces Fend Off Houthi Attack in Red Sea
The United States and its allies are weighing how to stop attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea after American and British officials said on Wednesday that their navies had intercepted one of the largest barrages yet of drones and missiles fired from an area controlled by the Houthis, an Iranian-backed group in Yemen. […]
Read MoreRed Sea Attacks Leave Shipping Companies With Difficult Choices
The shipping companies that move goods on one of the world’s busiest trade routes for factories, stores, car dealerships and other businesses face an excruciating decision. They can send their vessels through the Red Sea if they are willing to risk attacks by the Houthi militia in Yemen and to bear the cost of sharply […]
Read MoreRed Sea Attacks Menace Energy Tankers but Don’t Stop Them
Attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea by the Houthi rebels in Yemen have left oil tanker operators facing an unwelcome calculation: accept the risks of steaming through the danger zone, or lose business. The risks of conflict in the area may even be increasing, with a coalition of 12 nations led by the […]
Read MoreAttacks Heighten Fears of a Wider War for the Middle East and U.S.
American, Israeli and Lebanese officials insist that few parties want Israel’s war in Gaza to become a wider conflict that engulfs the Middle East. But the assassination of a top leader of Hamas in Lebanon on Tuesday, and the deaths of scores of people in mysterious twin explosions in Iran on Wednesday, threatened to bring […]
Read MoreU.S. Helicopters Sink 3 Houthi Boats in Red Sea, Pentagon Says
American military helicopters came under fire from Iranian-backed Houthi fighters in the Red Sea on Sunday morning and shot back, sinking three Houthi boats and killing those aboard, U.S. Central Command said. The episode occurred after a commercial container ship was attacked by Houthi fighters in small boats and issued a distress call, prompting U.S. […]
Read MoreHow Life at Sea’s 3-Year Cruise Unraveled
Kara and Joe Youssef sold their two apartments, withdrew their life savings, gave up most of their belongings and, in late October, set out for Istanbul for the trip of a lifetime: a three-year cruise around the world, scheduled to depart Nov. 1. But in late November, after months of behind-the-scenes chaos, the Youssefs were […]
Read MoreHouthi Militia in Yemen Presents a Special Challenge for U.S.
When Iranian-backed militias repeatedly targeted U.S. troops in Syria and Iraq this fall, the Biden administration struck back with force. Action was needed, officials said, to deter the groups from turning Israel’s conflict with Hamas into a wider war. But the United States has not yet retaliated against one Iranian-backed group: the Houthis of Yemen. […]
Read MoreU.S. Defense Chief Says Israeli Shift Would Reduce Fears of a Regional War
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said on Wednesday that fears of a wider regional war in the Middle East would probably subside as Israel transitioned its military mission in Gaza to lower-intensity combat operations. Asked whether a decision by Israel to shift from high-intensity operations to more targeted, intelligence-driven missions, as the Biden administration […]
Read MoreAmid Gaza War and Red Sea Attacks, Yemen’s Houthis Refuse to Back Down
When the United States announced it was leading an international maritime task force to confront attacks on ships in the Red Sea, it did not take long for the group behind the attacks, the Houthi militia in Yemen, to dismiss the effort as a lost cause. Within hours, a top Houthi official was making the […]
Read MoreWhat Does the Red Sea Crisis Mean for Oil Prices?
Why It Matters: A vital route for energy is threatened The Suez Canal and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at either end of the Red Sea are major routes for energy shipping. Tankers coming from Persian Gulf countries like Iraq and Saudi Arabia travel through the Red Sea to reach Europe. These vessels have become even […]
Read MoreRed Sea Attacks Add Another Snarl to Global Shipping
The war between Israel and Hamas has so far not had a major impact on the global economy. But a wave of attacks against merchant ships in the Red Sea could change that in a big way. The Houthis, an armed group backed by Iran that controls much of northern Yemen, have been using drones […]
Read MoreBP Pauses Oil Shipments Through Red Sea Amid Fears of Attacks
Global oil prices jumped on Monday after the energy giant BP said it had stopped sending tankers through the Red Sea, a vital shipping lane which has become an increasingly dangerous route because of drone and missile attacks targeting merchant ships launched by the Houthi armed group in Yemen. The announcement by BP raised fears […]
Read MoreStorm Kills 13 in Argentine Port of Bahía Blanca
At least thirteen people were killed in Argentina Saturday after a violent storm thrashed the port city of Bahía Blanca with strong winds and rain, about 400 miles south of the capital, Buenos Aires, officials said. The nation’s meteorological service warned residents of Buenos Aires that the storm, which had gusts of up to 86 […]
Read MoreIn Israel, Jake Sullivan Denies Talk of a Rift Over Gaza War
Days after President Biden said Israel was losing support for its military campaign in the Gaza Strip, the president’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, on Friday played down differences between the two allies after meetings with Israel’s top leaders. “We’re not here to tell anybody, ‘You must do X, you must do Y,’” Mr. Sullivan […]
Read MoreHouthi Militia Attacks Ship Near the Red Sea, Pentagon Says
A commercial ship was hit and set on fire by an anti-ship cruise missile in the southern Red Sea, an attack U.S. officials say came from the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen. The Strinda, a Norwegian motor tanker, was hit by “what is assessed to have been an anti-ship cruise missile launched from a Houthi […]
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