Yemen

The sinking comes as shipping through the crucial waterway for cargo and energy shipments moving from Asia and the Middle East to Europe has been affected by the Houthi attacks.
"You can't fight the Houthis, an enemy that is named nowhere in existing authorizations, without legal permission from Congress," Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy said.
The U.S. military fired another wave of ship- and submarine-launch missile strikes against Houthi-controlled sites on Wednesday.
The U.S. military has launched another wave of missile strikes against Houthi-controlled sites in Yemen, marking the fourth time in days it has directly targeted the group.
Two U.S. officials spoke anonymously to The Associated Press to discuss an operation that hadn’t yet been publicly announced.
“The Constitution requires that if there is not an imminent threat of self-defense, that he has to come to Congress,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said.
The assault began Thursday evening. HuffPost first reported that the Biden administration had conveyed its decision to Congress earlier in the day.
There have been about two dozen attacks on international shipping by the Houthis since Oct. 19.
The attackers seized the Liberian-flagged Central Park, managed by Zodiac Maritime, in the Gulf of Aden, the company and private intelligence firm Ambrey said.
A crowd stampeding at an event to distribute financial aid during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, killed at least 78 people and injured 73 people.