LONDON/DUBAI: China has held direct talks with Yemen’s Houthi movement to enable its tankers to sail through the southern Red Sea without being attacked after the Iran-aligned militia pledged to prevent access to Saudi ports, six sources with knowledge of the matter have said. The Houthis declared their blockade on July 20, opening a new front against the US and its allies in the Iran war and expanding attacks on tankers carrying energy and other supplies to markets beyond the Middle East.

By Jonathan Saul, Parisa Hafezi, Timour Azhari and Chen AizhuLONDON/DUBAI, July 28 (Reuters) - China has held direct talks with Yemen's Houthi movement to enable its tankers to…

China negotiates with Houthis for safe oil tanker passage through the Red Sea as crude tops $100 per barrel, with implications for inflation and