Yemen

Ship boardings have risen since November due to disrupted maritime traffic from Houthi attacks off the coast of Yemen

The shooting in the Helsinki metropolitan area, perpetrated by a 12-year-old boy, puts school violence back at the center of the political debate in the Nordic country

Adding a hypersonic missile to their arsenal could pose a more-formidable challenge to the air defense systems employed by America and its allies, including Israel

The Yemen branch of al-Qaida has been seen by Washington as the terror network’s most dangerous branch ever since its attempt in 2009 to bomb a commercial airliner over the United States

The president called on Congress to approve military aid for Kyiv and officially announced the US army would help construct a temporary port on the coast of the Strip

The full extent of the damage to the Liberian-owned ship remained unclear, but the crew abandoned the ship and deployed lifeboats

The Iran-backed Islamist militia has popular support due to its alignment with the Palestinian cause and is fortifying its positions, using new weapons, and recruiting thousands of fighters to continue disrupting maritime trade

While global shipping has already been disrupted through the Red Sea, the sabotage of telecommunication lines could further escalate the monthslong crisis

The ‘Rubymar’ had been drifting after the attack in February. It marks the first vessel sunk by the Houthis in their monthslong attacks on shipping in the vital waterway

The U.S. says the Hong Kong-registered Kohana Co. Ltd. has shipped over $100 million in Iranian commodities to businesses in China on behalf of Iran’s Ministry of Defense

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has sought to position himself as a potential mediator to end the war between Ukraine and Russia

According to U.S. officials, American and British fighter jets hit about 18 sites across multiple locations, targeting missiles, launchers, rockets, drones and unmanned surface and underwater vehicles

Conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, tensions with China and North Korea, and a possible Donald Trump presidency suggest the current arms race will deepen

Security companies warn of the increase in cyberattacks with different strategies, actors, intensities and objectives

Israel’s prime minister insists he will not accept a deal with Hamas ‘at any price’ as the Palestinian militia seeks prisoner releases and withdrawal of troops from the Strip

Tension has been rising since the latest Israel-Hamas war began in early October, with Iran-backed fighters intensifying attacks on U.S. military and international commercial interests in the region

Last year India sent three guided missile destroyers and reconnaissance aircraft to the Red Sea, positioning itself as a global player

One of Iraq’s strongest Iran-backed militias, Harakat al-Nujaba, announced its plans to continue military operations against U.S. troops, despite other allied factions having called off their attacks

‘It’s time to take away even more capability than we’ve taken in the past,’ Austin said Thursday in his first press conference since he was hospitalized on Jan. 1

The president, who is trying to avoid escalation in a region where 30,000 U.S. troops are stationed, says he has already decided how to respond to the attack on a base in Jordan

Washington argues that this misidentification allowed the attack, considered ‘an escalation’ in the conflict. The White House promises a response

The American statement again took pains to avoid saying the Houthis directly targeted the ship. That’s likely aimed at trying to not have the Red Sea crisis grow larger

The Houthi attacks have snarled shipping in a key route for Asia and the Middle East to ship cargo and energy to Europe

The last strikes were launched from the Red Sea and hit 14 missiles that the command deemed an ‘imminent threat’

The disruption of the major trade route between Asia and the United States comes at a precarious time due to the crisis at the Red Sea

Sergey Lavrov argued that for such talks to be held, Washington first needs to revise its current hostile policy toward Russia

The attack on the Genco Picardy is the second in recent days targeting vessels linked to America after U.S.-led strikes targeting the Houthis