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A bulk carrier sank days after an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels believed to have killed one mariner on board, authorities said early Wednesday, the second-such ship to be sunk in the rebel campaign. The sinking of the Tutor in the Red…
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Managers of the Galaxy Leader cargo ship on Tuesday renewed calls for the release of the vessel’s 25 crew being held by Yemen’s Houthi militants for seven months. The militants used helicopters to attack the Bahamas-flagged ship on Nov.…
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Saudi Arabia’s naval forces on Tuesday received “His Majesty the King’s Ship Hail” at the King Faisal Naval Base, the home of the Western Fleet, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense announced. An official reception ceremony took place to…
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Reports of a nearby explosion have been made by a ship traveling 85 nautical miles east of the port city of Aden, in Yemen. Meanwhile, the US military said it had shot down and destroyed a fresh barrage of Houthi drones and remotely…
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A “death ship” carrying thousands of cattle whose foul smell caused a stink in top tourist city Cape Town is expected to continue its voyage to Iraq later on Tuesday, port officials said. The ship, en route from Brazil and carrying an…
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The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center dispatched from Jeddah Islamic Port on Thursday the sixth Saudi relief ship with aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to Port Said in Egypt. The ship contains relief aid weighing 682…
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Danish shipping company Maersk on Friday denied a claim by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement that the militia carried out a drone strike on a Maersk vessel sailing toward Israel. The Houthis earlier claimed it carried out a military…
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China’s military on Monday said a US combat ship illegally entered waters adjacent to the Second Thomas Shoal, a disputed South China Sea atoll. “The US seriously undermined regional peace and stability,” said a spokesperson for China’s…
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The five armed assailants captured by US forces after seizing a commercial ship near Yemen over the weekend were likely Somali and not Iranian-backed Houthis, the Pentagon said Monday. Recent attacks on commercial vessels have been…
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Israeli ships are a “legitimate target,” the Houthi militia warned on Monday, after their seizure of an Israel-linked cargo vessel opened a new dimension in the Gaza war. Sunday’s capture of the Galaxy Leader and its 25 international…
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