Houthis seize Yemen's strategic Red Sea port

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The Houthi takeover of strategic positions on Yemen's Red Sea coast is driving the day's most urgent international security and economic concern. The development raises the risk of wider regional escalation, threatens maritime traffic near Bab el-Mandeb, and is already being linked to higher oil prices and disruptions to shipping and fuel markets. Multiple outlets and wire reports describe the fighting as rapidly evolving, with Yemen's army declaring areas around the Taiz-Mocha road a military zone and humanitarian agencies warning that displacement is rising by the hour.

Sources: Anadolu, UN News, The New York Post, The Independent, Euronews