DUBAI: Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed responsibility Wednesday (Jul 9) for a deadly attack that sank a merchant vessel earlier this week, their second attack on Red Sea shipping in 24 hours

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Liberian-flagged cargo ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sank Wednesday in the Red Sea, with a European naval force in the Mideast saying that only six of 25 people who were on board have been rescued.

In just days, Yemen's Houthi rebels have begun a new, more violent campaign of attacks targeting ships in the Red Sea, sinking two of them and killing some of their crew.