Vessel hit 60 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen in the latest reported attack by movement.

An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.

US officials told the BBC’s US partner CBS the tanker was hit by an anti-ship ballistic missile and a naval ship was responding to its distress signal.

There were no injuries reported, the US officials said.

Houthi military spokesman Yaha Sarea said the group used “a number of appropriate naval missiles” and Friday’s strike was “direct”.

    • eskimofry@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Do you think France cares about Democracy in Africa? These countries just use democracy as a dogwhistle and steal natural resources. Don’t think that these westerners care more about you than some religious dictators.>

      Globalization is just some rich industrialists trying to cut costs and rip off people in rich countries. The fact that it uplifted people in other countries from poverty is a side effect and an instrument to make people believe that capitalism is the best way of life and convince people to ditch their simple life. Whereas in reality it’s just that extracting untold amounts of stuff from the ground is going to inevitably lead to material gain, regardless of whether some giant corporation struck a deal with a poor country or not.

      Rampant consumerism is destroying the planet and keeping the masses from acting against rich people. Global trade is just exacerbating the problem.

      You don’t NEED something from across the globe. People used to not consime anything that wasnt available locally. Manufacturing used to be local. But some asshole decided that it saved $5/hr in labour costs to ship some part half way across the globe and reship the finished product back to their country for assembly. Now we have untold amounts of garbage being dumped and floating around in all of our water bodies.