Houthis, Red Sea and Saudi Arabia
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Diesel prices in the U.S. have hit a painful new milestone, $6 a gallon as, reports said, Houthi rebels in Yemen took the key Red Sea port city of Mokha.
Houthi attacks on Saudi and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait add another obstacle to any U.S. exit from war in the Middle East.
More than 76,000 people in Yemen have fled their homes amid escalating fighting with Houthi militants in the country's southwestern coast.
Iran and Houthi rebels have effectively closed two key maritime chokepoints, threatening global oil prices and trade routes. Here's what it means.
The rebels’ capture of Mokha could boost Iran’s strategy of driving up world oil and gas prices to pressure the United States, experts say.
Perim Island sits in the Bab al- Mandeb Strait, a globally important maritime chokepoint at the mouth of the Red Sea.
Yemeni militants sought to use Anthropic’s Claude AI model to develop guidance, control and navigation software for its ballistic missiles, the US company said.
The Trump administration is offering significant intelligence and targeting assistance to Saudi Arabia but does not currently plan on launching direct military attacks against the Houthis, two U.S. officials told ABC News.
President Donald Trump said Iran-backed Houthis have asked the US to abstain from targeting the militant group, as a worsening clash with Saudi Arabia inflames tensions in the Middle East.