First casualties of the war in merchant shipping: the Houthis strike where oil was being transported to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, US Secretary Wright boasts of record volumes but is contradicted by experts

The Bab el-Mandeb is a critical maritime chokepoint linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden. Before the latest escalation, about 12%...

By Mohammed Ghobari, Jonathan Saul and Nayera AbdallahAug 11 (Reuters) - Three crew members were killed in a suspected attack by Iran-backed Houthis on a small cargo vessel in the…