A photo of a burning ship has circulated in reports about an explosion near the Crimean Peninsula in January 2019, contradicting multiple social media posts from January 2024 that claim it shows a vessel hit by Yemen's Huthi rebels in the Red Sea. The Huthis began targeting Red Sea shipping in November 2023, as a way to support Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza. But the news reports from 2019 say the photo in fact shows a ship that caught fire after transferring fuel to another vessel.
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) scolded pro-Palestinian protesters at a House committee hearing, accusing them of having “blood on their hands” for “shouting the praises” of Houthi militants in the Red Sea. The protesters painted their hands red and repeatedly interrupted a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia hearing on…
The United States said Wednesday its forces struck a mobile anti-ship cruise missile launcher in a "self-defense" strike on a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen, thwarting a strike against vessels in the Red Sea.
Germany's Chief of Naval Operations Jan Christian Kaack believes that the frigate "Hessen" is ideally equipped to take part in the EU military mission to secure merchant shipping in the Red Sea from Houthi attacks. Kaack told dpa in Berlin that additional weapons systems had been brought on board the ship, which was specifically designed for such missions. "Everything that threatens us is dangerous. We will never take refuge in a feeling of superiority, but we are well prepared to deal with the