Houthi ballistic missiles struck the Egyptian-owned, Tanzania-flagged cargo ship Tihamah in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday 11 August, killing four crew members (three Pakistani nationals and one Indonesian), with two Yemeni rescuers killed in a follow-up 'double-tap' strike; these were the first shipping deaths linked to the Houthis since the war began in February. Yemen's government confirmed the toll of six on 12 August.
Computed, not asserted — every number here is derived from public data: official EIA Brent closes via FRED, IMF PortWatch transit counts, Polymarket and Kalshi odds, and source-linked curated events. Method and caveats · Atom feed · llms.txt