UN Security Council members call on Houthis to stop attacks on shipping in Red Sea, Gulf of Aden

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Open this photo in gallery: A ship uses its crane to unload containers at a terminal at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen, in a Nov. 16, 2016, file photo.Khaled Abdullah/Reuters Members of the UN Security Council on Wednesday called on Yemen’s Houthis to halt their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, saying they are illegal and threaten regional stability, freedom of navigation and global food supplies. Addressing the council’s first formal meeting of 2024, members also demanded that the Houthis release the Galaxy Leader, a Japanese-operated cargo ship linked to an Israeli company,...