Wednesday, October 14Global edition

Topic: Middle East shipping security

UN envoy warns Security Council that Yemen is edging toward full-scale war

Hans Grundberg pointed to military build-ups and threats along frontlines as signs the fragile pause in fighting is collapsing. The Houthis have attacked more than 80 merchant ships since the Gaza war began, and a cholera outbreak has grown to more than 147,000 cases with funding covering only a quarter of them.

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Hormuz traffic down to 7% of normal as attacks on shipping resume

Commercial crossings through the strait have fallen to about 6 vessels a day, against a pre-war average of 84. The September exchange — 5 US strikes on Iranian tankers, 10 Iranian attacks near the strait — was the largest declared action against shipping since the war began, and has pushed Brent crude above $100 a barrel.

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