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Malta-flagged bulk carrier hit by missile in the Red Sea as Houthi attacks continue

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JERUSALEM (AP) — A Malta-flagged bulk carrier sustained damage from a missile fired at it in the Red Sea on Tuesday, Greek officials said. Though no group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, suspicion immediately fell on Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The Zografia had been heading north to the Suez Canal when it was attacked, the … Read more

Houthi Missile Hits American-Owned Cargo Ship Off Yemen Coast

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A U.S. owned and operated container ship was struck by an anti-ship ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, U.S. Central Command said in a statement Monday. The strike took place around 4 p.m. local time and hit a vessel named M/V Gibraltar Eagle, which did not incur significant damage and continued its journey. Additionally, … Read more

Vessel off the coast of Yemen struck by missile, UK says

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Men stand near a billboard bearing the image of a commercial ship with the flag of Israel as it is burning after Yemen’s Houthi-affiliated naval forces struck it, at a street on January 10, 2024 in Sana’a, Yemen. Mohammed Hamoud | Getty Images A vessel off the coast of Yemen on Monday reported it had … Read more

North Korea Says It Tested a New, More Powerful Missile

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Monday said it flight-tested a new solid-fuel intermediate-range missile tipped with a hypersonic warhead as it pursues more powerful, harder-to-detect weapons designed to strike remote U.S. targets in the region. The report by North Korea’s state media came a day after the South Korean and Japanese militaries detected … Read more

Yemen Houthi rebels fire missile at US warship in Red Sea in first attack after American-led strikes

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea on Sunday, but a U.S. fighter jet shot it down in the latest attack roiling global shipping amid Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, officials said. The attack marks the first U.S.-acknowledged … Read more

North Korea launches a ballistic missile toward the sea in its first missile test this year

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, in its first missile launch this year, as the North is expected to further raise regional animosities in an election year for its rivals South Korea and the United States. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said … Read more

The US gave the Houthis a final warning. The Iran-backed rebels answered with their biggest-ever missile and drone attack.

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The US appeared to give the Houthi final warning to stop their attacks on international shipping. Days later, the Iran-backed rebels launched their biggest missile and drone attack yet. The assault was followed by more warnings from the West — then another Houthi attack on Thursday. The US and its allies ushered in the new … Read more

A Ukrainian lioness concussed in a missile strike needs a new home

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January 11, 2024 at 1:00 a.m. EST Yuna the lioness at the Wild Animals Rescue Center near Kyiv. (Alice Martins for The Washington Post) Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave CHUBYNSKE, Ukraine — Yuna the lioness lay in the corner of her outdoor enclosure, completely still. Fragments of a Russian missile, shot out … Read more

Heavy wave of Russian missile attacks hit areas throughout Ukraine

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KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched its latest barrage of hypersonic and cruise missiles against Ukrainian targets early Monday, striking near the front lines of fighting in the east as well as in central and western parts of the country, officials said. At least four civilians were reported killed and at least 30 injured. Western officials … Read more

Russia unleashes missile barrage at Ukraine as holiday strikes persist

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave KHARKIV, Ukraine — Russia bombarded Ukrainian cities with an overnight assault of drones and missiles Tuesday, extending a vicious wave of holiday-season strikes on population centers by Moscow and Kyiv that has left dozens of civilians dead and suggests a brutal new stage of the war that … Read more