Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier seized in November 2023 at the start of their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war.

"it is now the policy" of the US to cooperate with regional partners to end the Houthi attacks on American personnel and civilians, Washington's partners, and Red Sea shipping. Read next

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday re-designated Yemen's Houthi movement, known formally as Ansar Allah, as a "foreign terrorist organization", the White House said.

Navy leaders have framed the ongoing Red Sea battles as the most sustained kinetic action ... when the Military Sealift Command dry cargo ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) pulled alongside the Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Chosin (CG-65) and ...

Liner operators led by MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company will continue to avoid the Red Sea until it is safe. That stance is reflected in liner schedules that suggest the major carriers expect to continue using the Cape of Good Hope routes, as they have since late December 2023, for much of the rest of this year.

Container giant A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S expressed caution about any fast return to shipping through the Red Sea, after the Yemen-based Houthis signaled a pause in their attacks on commercial vessels.

The attack launched the rebels’ campaign targeting ships in international waters in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden ... Press writers Aamer Madhani in Washington and Jim Gomez in Manila ...