Yemen’s Houthis Say They’ll Target Tankers in Northern Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthi militant group said it would attack Saudi oil tankers in the northern Red Sea, a potential fresh escalation in its attacks on shipping.

By Alex Longley and Omar Tamo

Oil prices move higher after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claim Saudi tanker strike

Crude prices rose Wednesday after Yemen's Houthis claimed they had struck a Saudi Arabian oil tanker in the Red Sea.

Oil prices rebound after Houthis say they attacked Saudi tanker

‘A chance’ for Hormuz deal ‘today or tomorrow,’ U.S. official says, as Indian ship sinks in Red Sea

Underlining the volatile situation, a crew member was listed missing Tuesday on a merchant ship attacked in Hormuz, while another ship was sunk in a Red Sea attack

By AFP

Who are Houthis? The group Yemen blamed for attack on Indian-flagged ship in Red Sea

In a statement, Yemen's ministry of foreign affairs condemned the “Houthi terrorist attack” on the Indian merchant vessel.

Attacks on ships squeeze fuel routes from Hormuz to Black Sea

A widening series of attacks on merchant vessels across the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea and the Black Sea is squeezing energy exports and raising the cost of moving fuel, leaving consumers exposed to higher petrol and diesel prices even as crude markets respond to hopes of diplomacy.  Brent crude fell 1.2 per cent to […]

Oil prices rebound after Houthis say they attacked Saudi tanker

Brent crude futures up $1.07, at $80.43 a barrel, US West Texas Intermediate futures up 45 cents, to $76.22

By Reuters

Yemen's Houthis reportedly strike Saudi tanker transiting Red Sea

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claimed Wednesday that they struck a Saudi oil tanker off Yanbu in the Red Sea, continuing their maritime blockade of the kingdom. This was the ei...