UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for immediate cessation of Houthi attacks in Red Sea

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Follow us on Image Source : REUTERS A Houthi helicopter over the Galaxy Leader carrier. The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution condemning and demanding an immediate halt to Houthi-led attacks on commercial vessels in the strategic Red Sea. The resolution, sponsored by the US and Japan, was passed 11-0 with four abstentions by Russia, China, Algeria and Mozambique. The resolution highlighted more than two dozen attacks on commercial ships by Yemen-based Houthi rebels that are impeding global commerce "and undermine navigational rights and freedoms as well as regional peace and security". It also called on the...