The Latest Breaking News from Yemen

The U.N. is cutting back its activities in Yemen in response to a crackdown by Houthi rebels on staff working for the U.N. and other organizations, the top U.N. aid official says

Sitting by their ruined home, Abu Ibrahim wept for his son and seven grandchildren killed by flash floods in Yemen, where increasingly severe downpours are piling more misery on the impoverished, war-torn country.

A rescue mission was underway Monday for an oil tanker still ablaze after being attacked by Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen last month, according to US Central Command.

Suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have targeted two ships in the Red Sea

Suspected attacks by Houthi militants targeted two ships in the Red Sea on Monday in an area where crews hoped to tow a Greek oil tanker damaged in an earlier strike by Houthi forces. The Houthis have targeted more than 80 vessels with missiles and drones since the war in…

Houthi rebels fired missiles at a ship in the Gulf of Aden, part of their ongoing campaign disrupting trade routes and targeting vessels in the region.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released footage showing that they boarded and intentionally set explosives aboard a Greek-flagged tanker that was abandoned after they repeatedly attacked it, putting the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to allow tugboats and rescue ships to assist a Greek-flagged tanker that remains ablaze in the Red Sea “in consideration of humanitarian and environmental concerns,” Iran’s U.N. Mission says

Learn about the recent attack on the Greek-flagged tanker Sounion by Yemen's Houthis, causing a fire and oil leakage in the Red Sea.