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The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen announced on Monday they had bombed another commercial ship – the Liberian-flagged, Swiss-owned MSC Sky – in an alleged attempt to hurt the Israeli economy.

A ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water, officials said Saturday.

The leader of the Yemeni terrorist organization Ansarallah, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, ominously promised “surprises” in a speech on Thursday for American and allied forces attempting to contain his group’s campaign to disrupt global commercial shipping in the Red Sea.

Germany inadvertently attempted to shoot down a U.S. Reaper drone on Tuesday night, but the missiles malfunctioned and fell into the sea. 

The prime minister of the legitimate, but powerless, government of Yemen arrived in Moscow on Monday to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and encourage the Russian government to contain the threat of Houthi terrorism in the country.

The Houthis celebrated that civilized nations such as America, Israel, and Britain have lost their “influence on international waters.”

The U.S. and UK on Saturday launched a fourth round of “self-defense” airstrikes against 18 targets in Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists, destroying missile storage facilities, drones, radars, and one helicopter.

The leader of the Iran-backed Houthis of Yemen says the terror campaign against Red Sea shipping is “continuing, escalating, and effective.”

A string of Houthi missile and drone attacks demonstrates the ineffectiveness of President Biden’s “Operation Prosperity Guardian.”

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen damaged a British-registered cargo vessel badly enough to make the crew abandon the ship.

Attack may be the first serious missile damage inflicted on a merchant ship by the Iran-backed, Shiite Muslim Houthi Rebels.

A senior United Nations official defended the decision by President Joe Biden to limit his response to the Yemen Houthi terrorist organization to a weak “global terrorist” branding, claiming the move can help “safeguard many transactions necessary for our humanitarian activities.”

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen claimed on Monday to have targeted and damaged an “American ship” in the Red Sea with an “accurate and direct” missile strike.

Insurance costs for Red Sea transit have risen by up to 50 percent since the Houthi terrorists began attacking commercial vessels.

Deployment marked “most serious engagement of a unit of the German navy in many decades,” Admiral Kaack told reporters in Berlin.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen launched six more anti-ship missiles into the Red Sea, defying U.S. warnings to halt their attacks.

The leader of Iran’s agency responsible for managing foreign investments asserted the country has documented a ten-fold increase in the amount of Chinese money flowing into Iran in the past year, the regime-linked Tasnim News Agency reported on Tuesday.

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen may be considering an attack on undersea Internet cables in the Red Sea.

A senior member of the Yemeni Houthi terrorist organization declared that the group’s ongoing jihad in the Red Sea, which he described as “spillover” in the conflict between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas, would “inevitably result in an end to US hegemony.”

A group of Dutch shipowners have approached the Ministry of Defence in Amsterdam to get permission to embark armed teams onboard cargo ships.

The Indian Navy on Friday foiled a pirate attack on an Iranian-flagged fishing ship off the coast of Somalia, rescuing the crew of 11 Iranians and 8 Pakistanis.

The government of Yemen told the Chinese Foreign Ministry it “expects China to play a greater role … in the Middle East.”

The downward inflation path faces risks from disruptions to shipping through the Red Sea, a key route for goods and fuel headed for Europe.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen attacked the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely, which intercepted their missile.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen launched a missile at a tanker carrying Russian fuel through the Gulf of Aden on Saturday.

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that the Senate will press President Joe Biden over multiple airstrikes against Houthis in Yemen without congressional approval.

A bipartisan group of two dozen lawmakers wrote to President Joe Biden on Friday, calling his strikes in Yemen without congressional approval a violation of the law and the Constitutional.

The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development reported that the volume of freight passing through the Suez Canal has dropped by 45 percent.

A bipartisan group of senators are cautioning President Joe Biden not to get involved in another war in the Middle East, after he began sending missiles into Yemen earlier this month without congressional authorization.

Chinese state media on Friday mocked the Biden administration for requesting China’s help with the Red Sea shipping crisis.

Houthi leaders visited Moscow on Thursday, seeking support against America and Israel as they continue to disrupt global shipping.

Danish shipping giant Maersk suspended U.S.-flagged Red Sea shipping after the latest Houthi missile attack.

The Biden Pentagon is denying it is at war with the Iran-backed Houthi forces, even as President Joe Biden submits notifications to Congress of military action required by the War Powers Resolution.

The Biden administration asked China to pressure Iran to make its Houthi terrorist proxies in Yemen stop attacking Red Sea shipping.

The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Monday that contrary to blithe assurances from the Chinese government that everything is under control, export companies are frantically seeking “Plan B” options to cope with rising shipping costs due to terrorist attacks in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthis of Yemen.

Three months after attacks on trade began, EU apparently decides its own mission will be allowed to use weapons but only in self-defence.