Articles by Jon Gambrell

Yemen’s Houthis Rebels Attack Portuguese-Flagged Ship in First Deep-Sea Assault

A Portuguese-flagged container ship came under attack by a drone in the far reaches of the Arabian Sea, corresponding with a claim by Yemen’s Houthi rebels that they assaulted the ship there, authorities said Tuesday. The attack on the MSC …

Missiles Fired by Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Damage Panama-Flagged Oil Tanker in Red Sea

Ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels caused “minor damage” to a Panama-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea on Friday [April 26], authorities said. The attack follows an uptick in assaults launched by the Houthis in recent days …

Yemen’s Rebels Target Singapore-Flagged Ship in Gulf of Aden

An attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels set off explosions ahead of a Singapore-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Aden, authorities said, the latest in a campaign of assaults by the Iranian-backed group over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza …

Shippers Warned to Stay Away From Iranian Waters as US-Iran Tensions Run High

Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East on Saturday warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible to avoid being seized, a stark advisory amid heightened tensions between …

United Arab Emirates Ends Boycott, Opening Commerce With Israel

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates β€”The ruler of the United Arab Emirates issued a decree Saturday formally ending the country’s boycott of Israel amid a U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between the two countries. The announcement now allows trade and commerce …

French Oil Tanker Likely Hijacked off Ivory Coast

A French-owned oil tanker missing off Ivory Coast with 17 sailors on board likely has been hijacked, an official with an international piracy watchdog said Monday, in what may be the latest attack by criminal gangs targeting the ships to …

West Africa Waters Among Riskiest Routes for Shippers

The waters off West Africa’s coast are now a constant danger for those shipping goods and crude oil in the region, analysts said the day after pirates killed two sailors near Nigeria’s coast. Despite pledges by nations to patrol the …

Tank in Blast That Killed 3 Not Inspected for More Than 10 Years

Three men killed when an empty gasoline storage tank exploded in north Arkansas likely died from the impact of the blast, a coroner said. Federal safety officials have begun an investigation into the blast at the TEPPCO Partners LP facility …

Arkansas High Court Denies Class-Action For Union Pacific Lawsuit

A lawsuit claiming Union Pacific pressured grieving families into settlements after train crashes shouldn’t be a class-action matter, as those suing failed to show any strong link between themselves, the Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled. Justice Elana Cunningham Wills wrote …

Arkansas Supreme Court Sides With Newspaper in Lawsuit

A legal principle covering journalists who base their reports on police records protects a newspaper sued over stories it published about an alleged rape, the Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled. In an unanimous decision, the court found that the “fair …