Houthi terrorists are stepping up their attacks on shipping in a vital sea lane linking the Suez Canal to the Indian OceanA French Navy frigate in the Red Sea shot down a second weapon aimed at the stricken Norwegian tanker Strinda on Monday, and prevented the damaged merchant vessel from being hijacked after it was hit by a Houthi rebel cruise missile at a key maritime chokepoint off the coast

Tel Aviv: The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) reported that it successfully struck down six rockets out of a group that was launched by terrorists based in Lebanon at Israeli territory.IDF forces then attacked the sources of the launches with artillery fire.Meanwhile, the United States is concerned about reports that Israel used US-supplied white phosphorus munitions in an attack carried out in