All news on the topic: Red Sea

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Smoke spotted near Saudi oil pipeline as Houthis seize strategic island
Satellite imagery showed smoke in the area of a crucial oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia, raising fears of another heavy attack by the Houthis on energy infrastructure.
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Saudi crown prince urged Trump to strike Houthis twice
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) called President Trump twice Thursday, urging him to launch strikes against the Houthis as the Iran-backed group closed in on a vital Red Sea chokepoint
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Houthis capture the strategic port of Mocha on Yemen’s Red Sea coast and move closer to controlling the entire shoreline
The Houthis have seized the strategically important port of Mocha on Yemen’s western coast and are close to controlling the country’s entire Red Sea shoreline, Middle Eastern media report.
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Bus crash kills 16 and injures 28 on Egypt’s popular South Sinai tourist route
Sixteen people have been killed with a further 28 injured in a bus crash in Egypt, the country’s health ministry has confirmed.
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Yemen dragged deeper into Iran conflict as Houthis strike military camps and Saudi Arabia
Attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthis on a military camp in Yemen and in Saudi Arabia have sparked concerns that the Middle East crisis will continue to spiral.
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Iran seeks leverage by threatening global trade routes beyond the Strait of Hormuz
Iran is betting it can outlast Washington by turning the Middle East’s trade routes, shipping lanes and energy infrastructure into pressure points that steadily raise the cost of confrontation, according to Gulf officials and analysts.
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Saudi Arabia prepares military operation against Houthis as Red Sea tensions escalate
Yemeni sources say Saudis concentrating forces for what could be attack in central Yemen
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Bank of England expected to hold interest rates despite renewed inflation risks
The Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates unchanged again next week, despite fresh uncertainty in the Middle East.
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Iran boosts Houthi forces with IRGC advisers and missile equipment
Iran flew Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, military advisers and missile- and drone-related equipment into Yemen this month, according to four sources, in a move that suggests Tehran is seeking to strengthen the ability of its Houthi allies to threaten Red Sea shipping.
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Ethiopia arrests 17 traffickers who tortured migrants on camera to extort millions
Ethiopian authorities have arrested 17 key operatives behind a brutal human trafficking syndicate that trapped tens of thousands of migrants in Yemen, systematically filming their torture to extort millions from terrified families.
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Iran warns British Royal Family after UK backs US strikes on Iran
Iran has threatened the Royal Family and declared a Brit air base a “target” after Andy Burnham let the US launch strikes from the UK.
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Houthis threaten Saudi maritime blockade as Middle East energy crisis deepens
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis will impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia, they said on Monday, further throttling a global energy market already greatly restricted by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Trump’s policies fuel the return of Somali pirates as attacks threaten global shipping again
Donald Trump’s America First policy, his dismantling of USAID, and his war against Iran have led to the revival of the long-forgotten phenomenon of Somali piracy.
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Second oil lifeline at risk as Houthis eye Bab al-Mandeb blockade
The Houthis have threatened to obstruct a second major oil shipping route, as a new map reveals the vulnerability of the 18-mile-wide Bab al-Mandeb Strait to a blockade.
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Britain strikes Houthi targets in Yemen: drones for attacks in the Red Sea are the target
British forces launched a series of airstrikes on a Houthi military target in Yemen on Tuesday evening, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.
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U.S. Navy fighter jet crashes into the sea from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and sinks
A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has been lost at sea after it fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier while it was being towed on board, the Navy said in a statement on Monday.
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HMS Dauntless completes live-fire exercise, ready for Carrier Strike Group deployment
HMS Dauntless has finished an intense live-fire exercise off the Welsh coast, successfully intercepting waves of drones in a final trial before becoming part of the UK’s upcoming Carrier Strike Group (CSG) deployment to the Indo-Pacific.
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Sindbad submarine disaster: Tourists scream in panic as vessel sinks with open hatches
This is the horrifying moment the Sindbad submarine disaster unfolds as the vessel sinks beneath the waves with its hatches still open.
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Egypt: Tourist submarine sinks with 44 passengers, multiple casualties reported
The submarine, named Sindbad, was carrying about 44 passengers of different nationalities during a sea trip to inspect the coral reefs underwater in the Red Sea.
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Trump personally oversaw U.S. airstrikes on Yemen, says White House
Donald Trump looked like he’d come fresh from the golf course to watch airstrikes carried out on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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EasyJet pilot collapses during flight from Egypt to Manchester
A flight to Manchester had to divert and land in Athens when the pilot reportedly collapsed.
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Tourist killed in shark attack at holiday resort on Egypt’s Red Sea
The attack happened in deep waters outside the designated swimming area of Marsa Alam, say authorities
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US military mistakenly downs its own fighter jet
Two US Navy pilots were shot down on Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent "friendly fire" incident, the US military said.
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UK uses DragonFire laser to shoot down aerial drone in a groundbreaking test
An industry team has for the first time destroyed an aerial target using a high-power shot with its DragonFire laser, the British Defence Ministry announced Friday.
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Egyptian rescuers find four tourists alive 30 hours after Red Sea boat disaster
The Sea Story set sail from Marsa Alam, Egypt, and was meant to end in Hurghada during a five-day trip but issued a distress call for emergency assistance after a few hours
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