New attacks on shipping as Iran war talks hit fresh impasse

The Houthi-run news agency Saba reported that the group, which said last month it would impose a naval blockade on Saudi ⁠Arabia in the Red Sea, attacked a Saudi ship they said was carrying military equipment in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.and Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis reported separate attacks on shipping on Tuesday as prospects for ending the Iran war appeared to dim, with Tehran saying the Strait of ​Hormuz would remain closed unless Washington accepts its conditions.

The attacks, in the Gulf of Oman leading to the strait and at the entrance to the Red Sea — both vital chokepoints ‌for global oil supplies — come as the war shows no signs of ending despite repeated assertions from U.