Houthi rebels vow retaliation for US, UK strikes

The U.S. Navy is warning American-flagged vessels to stay out of areas around Yemen in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden for the next 72 hours. The warning in a notice to shippers came as Yemen’s Houthi rebels vowed on Friday fierce retaliation for American and British strikes against them, further raising the prospect of a wider conflict in a region already beset by Israel’s war in Gaza.