World Yemen’s Houthis seize strategic island at the southern entrance to the Red Sea September 11, 2026 gopalkumarthakur@gmail.com The Houthis’ biggest territorial gains in years, along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, could boost Iran’s strategy of driving up world oil and gas prices to pressure the United States. Related posts: Poland vows to press ahead with ‘military modernisation’ after drone incursion Three Italian Carabinieri killed in apparently deliberate farmhouse explosion Trump puts VP Vance in charge of ‘war on fraud’ Limited traffic through Hormuz, despite Trump’s announcement