The EU launched a naval mission to protect Red Sea shipping from Yemen’s Houthis as they claimed to have attacked a UK registered ship that was now at the risk of sinking. The Houthi attacks have so far not caused any ships to sink nor killed crew members, but reports of the possibility of a ship sinking on Monday has caused concern. The Rubymar, a Belize-flagged, British-registered and Lebanese-operated general cargo ship reportedly came under attack in Bab Al Mandeb off Yemen on Sunday.
