UN Security Council demands immediate end to Huthi Red Sea attacks

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THE UNITED NATIONS Security Council has demanded an “immediate” end to attacks by Yemen’s Huthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea. The resolution passed “demands that the Huthis immediately cease all such attacks, which impede global commerce and undermine navigational rights and freedoms as well as regional peace and security.” It was adopted after Russia, as well as China, Mozambique and Algeria abstained. The intensifying attacks have caused shipping companies to bypass the route and instead divert around South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, significantly adding to journey times and cost. The UN earlier said it continued “to be...