Britain has said it would hand a remote Indian Ocean archipelago over to Mauritius after they reached a deal that the UK said was aimed at securing a key military base there that it shares with the United States.

Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani has promised that the country’s naval forces will score a new achievement in the waters of the worlds soon.

Yemenis attack five ships, including two US warships, in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean.

A high ranking Yemeni official has warned the United States against any hostile action against the Arab country.

Top Yemeni official Mohammed Ali al-Houthi says his country’s naval forces will not allow the US military to turn the Red Sea into its backyard.

Yemen’s Armed Forces target several Israeli and American ships in the Indian Ocean in protest at the Israeli regime’s US-backed genocidal war against Gaza.

The US and UK have conducted new airstrikes on Yemen, as tensions remain high in West Asia over the Gaza war.