The Latest Breaking News from The Red Sea

Oil prices surged Friday after US and UK forces launched strikes against Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen following attacks on ships in the Red Sea, fuelling worries about a wider conflict in the crude-rich region.

Breaking news from the Middle East as the US strikes Iranian-backed targets in Yemen. President Biden's response to Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea....

The US and UK have launched strikes on Houthi positions in Yemen’s west

The United States military has carried out strikes on multiple Houthi targets in Yemen, escalating tensions in the region.

Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets in several cities on Friday to condemn the US and UK strikes on their country, in response to weeks of disruptive attacks on Red Sea shipping by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who say they act in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

The airstrikes on multiple Houthi targets in Yemen follow more than two months of attacks by the Iran-backed militants against cargo ships and U.S. warships in the Red Sea.

US Central Command says they found Iranian warheads for ballistic and anti-ship cruise missiles on the vessel bound for Yemen

FIRST Minister Humza Yousaf has responded amid mounting speculation that UK and Western allies could take action against Houthi rebels following…

February WTI crude oil (CLG24 ) on Thursday closed up +0.65 (+0.91%), and Feb RBOB gasoline (RBG24 ) closed up +4.70 (+2.27%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Thursday settled moderately higher on an escalation of geopolitical risks in the Middle East after Iran seized an oil tanker in the Gulf...