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The Latest Breaking News from The Red Sea

Analysis: Can the US, Israel stop Yemen’s Houthis from seizing more ships?

Short of risking an escalation, there’s only one reasonable way the US can accomplish this — by taking Iran’s help.

Al Jazeera

Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 45

From attacks on the Indonesian Hospital to the Houthi seizure of a cargo ship in the Red Sea – here are major updates.

Al Jazeera

Yemen’s Houthi rebels hijack British-owned cargo ship in the Red Sea

Houthi rebels confirm the hijacking and say they have diverted the ship to Yemen

The Independent UK

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Yemen's Houthi rebels hijack an Israeli-linked ship in the Red Sea and take 25 crew members hostage

Israel says Yemen’s Houthi rebels have seized an Israeli-linked ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route and taken the 25-member crew hostage

The Independent UK

US Navy warship shoots down drone from Yemen over the Red Sea

U.S. officials say a Navy warship shot down a drone that was heading toward the ship as it sailed in the southern Red Sea

The Independent UK

Gaza health system reaches ‘point of no return’, says Red Cross

Attacks on medical facilities and personnel have pushed Gaza’s overstretched health system to a “point of no return”, the Red Cross said on Friday. The warning came hours after Al-Shifa, the biggest hospital in the Strip, came under bombardment, according to the World Health Organization. Footage from the besieged Palestinian…

France 24

In Israel’s Eilat, residents fear war from the north and south

People who have evacuated to the southern Israeli port hunker down and wait for war to reach them.

Al Jazeera

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Somali piracy, once an unsolvable security threat, has almost completely stopped. Here's why

In 2011, pirates carried out 212 attacks in a vast area spanning Somali waters, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, actions that the World Bank said cost the world economy US$18 billion a year.

The Conversation

The remarkable story of how Yemen’s oil tanker disaster was averted by crowdfunding

When civil war broke out in 2015, a leaky oil tanker in the Red Sea became a crisis point – triggering a nail-biting series of events that saw special negotiations between the Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed government, and the UN begging the public for help – and getting it from…

The Guardian - UK

12 of the best things to do in Jordan, from desert camping to visiting crusader castles

Here’s how to make the most of a Jordan holiday, whether you fancy relaxing by the Red Sea or exploring ancient wonders

The Independent UK

‘Stereotypes are evolving’: female divers shake up conservative Jordan

Project Sea clears rubbish from Aqaba’s reefs, which is recycled into bags by Palestinian refugees – a female-led scheme in a country where women must still fight for equality

The Guardian - UK

Man suffers FIVE bites by shark circling him - before dolphins save his life

Martin Richardson had been enjoying his time in Egypt, swimming in the Red Sea, when he was set up by a mako shark that bit him five times, leaving him thinking he was going to die

Daily Mirror

Woman who died in Egypt boat fire was UK charity boss

Three people from the UK died when a dive boat caught fire in the Red Sea

Wales Online

Tour company says three Brits missing after Red Sea boat fire have died

Three British nationals who went missing after a diving boat caught fire in the Red Sea have died, a UK-based tour operator said.

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Daily Mirror

Terrifying moment passengers jump from boat ablaze as three Brits remain missing

Three British tourists are still missing after the Hurricane caught fire to its stern whilst sailing off the Red Sea coast of Marsa Alam on Sunday, with footage showing passengers jump to safety

Daily Mirror

Three Brits MISSING after boat bursts into flames in Red Sea during luxury diving trip

A scuba diving tourist boat carrying 29 people, 12 of them English and 14 locals, was headed to the Marsa Alam region of Egypt in the southern part of the Red Sea, when it burst into flames

Reuters

Operation to empty Yemen Safer oil tanker set to begin, UN says

Operations to salvage 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker moored off Yemen's coast will soon begin after a technical support ship arrived on site on Tuesday, the United Nations said.

LiveScience

Mystery pathogen is stripping sea urchins of their flesh and turning them to skeletons — and it's spreading fast

A mysterious epidemic that began in the Mediterranean at the start of the year looks set to wipe out all of the Mediterranean and Red Sea’s urchins, and possibly their coral reefs too.

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WEKU

People fleeing Sudan face uncertain futures in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and beyond

In Port Sudan, Jeddah, Aswan and Cairo, people have sought safety from the fighting in Khartoum. After making difficult decisions and journeys, the biggest challenges for many are only beginning.

The Independent UK

Red Sea corals threatened by mass sea urchin die-off, Israeli researchers say

Scientists say that sea urchins in Israel's Gulf of Eilat in the Red Sea are dying at an alarming rate, threatening the sea's prized coral reef ecosystems

Reuters

Red Sea epidemic kills off sea urchins, imperilling coral

A deadly epidemic that is spreading through the Red Sea has killed off an entire species of sea urchin in the Gulf of Aqaba, imperilling the region's uniquely resilient coral reefs, an Israeli research team has found.

Daily Mirror

'Death pool' at bottom of sea kills everything that enters - and has clue to alien life

The salty underwater lakes - just 1.25 miles off the coast of Egypt - are one of the most extreme environments on Earth, and are thought to have been formed millions of years ago

Daily Mirror

Brit survives after 137ft yacht capsizes on dream holiday in Egyptian 'Bermuda Triangle'

A group of 26 international tourists, including 16 Brits, were enjoying a dream diving trip in the Red Sea in Egypt before their boat suddenly capsized in a horrifying turn of events

The Independent UK

DIARY: Waiting to leave Sudan, a hotel became a sanctuary

In better times, the Lisamin Safari Hotel in Khartoum catered to small tour groups that came to see Sudan’s little-known attractions — the ancient pyramids of Merowe and the coral reefs of the Red Sea

WEKU

Port Sudan is a refuge for foreigners and families trying to escape the fighting

The Sudanese city of Port Sudan has been overwhelmed by people trying to flee the growing conflict in the country and make their way by ship across the Red Sea to the Saudi city of Jeddah.

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