Mexican sailor returns home to festivities after 14 months in Houthi rebel captivity

MISANTLA, Mexico (AP) — Escorted by locals on bicycles and in cars that awaited his arrival outside his hometown in Mexico, Arturo Zacarías Meza returned home days after Houthi rebels in Yemen released him and his fellow crew members following more than a year in captivity. In...

Yemen's Houthis signal they'll now limit their attacks in the Red Sea corridor to Israeli ships

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels signaled Monday they now will limit their attacks in the Red Sea corridor to only Israeli-affiliated ships after a ceasefire began in the Gaza Strip, but warned wider assaults could resume if needed. The Houthis'...

Yemen's Houthi rebels signal they will limit attacks in the Red Sea corridor to Israeli-affiliated ships

Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a tumultuous term that had three major military crises, a global pandemic and a personal brush with cancer that became a flashpoint for the way it was mishandled. In...

Salvage complete of tanker at center of oil spill scare after being hit by Houthi rebels in Red Sea

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An oil tanker that burned for weeks in the Red Sea after being attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels and threatening a massive oil spill has been salvaged, a security firm said Friday. The MV Sounion tanker had been a disaster-in-waiting in the...

Oil tanker struck by Yemen's Houthi rebels that threatened massive Red Sea spill 'successfully' salvaged, firm says

Sailors greeted with tears and cheers as USS Cole returns to home port ahead of Christmas

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Hundreds of sailors and their loved ones got an early Christmas present when the USS Cole docked at its home port in Norfolk, Virginia, after seven months at sea. The ship was greeted at Naval Station Norfolk on Monday with cheering from a crowd bundled in...

2 US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident, US military says

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels. Both...

Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent "friendly fire" incident, US military says

Saudi Arabia banned film for 35 years. The Red Sea festival is just one sign of the industry's rise

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — “My Driver and I” was supposed to be made in 2016, but was scuttled amid Saudi Arabia's decades-long cinema ban. Eight years later, the landscape for film in the kingdom looks much different — and the star of “My Driver and I” now has an award. ...