Yemeni authorities said six people were killed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacking a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, while U.S. forces fired on a ship they said was trying to break a blockade of Iran’s ports.
Yemen’s coast guard said the dead included four crew members and two members of the government-allied National Resistance Forces. Houthis fired three ballistic missiles at the Yemeni commercial vessel, according to the Transportation Ministry of Yemen’s internationally recognised government. They are the first known deaths from Houthi attacks on shipping off Yemen in the latest bout of fighting in the Arab country.
Pakistan denounced on Wednesday (August 12, 2026) an attack by Houthi rebels on a vessel in the Red Sea in which three of its citizens were killed.
Pakistan’s Interior Minister is visiting Iran to discuss regional security, stability and other developments, the foreign office said on Wednesday (August 12, 2026).
“He is discussing bilateral relations, security, regional security and stability, and constructive engagement amongst the parties in the region and regional developments,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi, whose government has been mediating to end the fighting in West Asia, told reporters in Islamabad.
