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Australian welfare groups are demanding the release of thousands of sheep and cattle stuck aboard a ship after their trip to the Middle East was diverted by Yemen’s Huthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea. The livestock — reportedly more than 15,000 animals, mostly sheep — have spent about four weeks aboard the MV Bahijah since setting sail from Fremantle, Perth in Western Australia on January 5. The ship abandoned its plan to voyage through […]
US and UK strikes on rebel-held Yemen last week marked a sharp rise in tensions around the Red Sea, where Iran-backed Huthi insurgents had been attacking shipping deemed linked to Israel. The Huthi attacks, in protest at Israel’s war against Hamas, were disrupting shipping in the commercially vital route which normally carries about 12 percent of global maritime trade. Here is a timeline of events over the past week: January 12 US and UK forces […]
