Whether we’re going to make the Houthis cry for mercy anytime soon is extremely unlikely,” one expert on Yemen said.

In a messaging group that mistakenly disclosed plans by the U.S. to attack Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis to a journalist, senior Trump administration officials including persons identified as Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused Europe of "free-loading" and questioned whether the U.

The companies that operate large container ships say they plan to keep going around Africa as violence flares in the region.

President Donald Trump declared that US strikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels will continue until they cease attacks on shipping, warning of “real pain” for both the Houthis and their Iranian sponsors.

US air strikes on Yemen’s Houthis will not defeat the rebels nor deter them from attacking shipping in the Red Sea; instead a diplomatic push is needed, experts have told The National.Washington has launched strikes on the Iran-backed rebels since mid-March,

The Iran-aligned Houthis have carried out more than 100 attacks on shipping since Israel’s war with Hamas began in late 2023, The new American operation against the Houthis under Trump appears more extensive than those under former President Joe Biden,

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said on Sunday the Yemen-based group had attacked the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea three times in the past 24 hours, using cruise missiles and drones.

Stop shooting at U.S. ships, and we will stop shooting at you. Otherwise, we have only just begun, and the real pain is yet to come, for both the Houthis and their sponsors in Iran," Trump said in a Truth Social post.