The UK and the US struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen on Thursday in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, three US officials said.

The Houthi rebels said the airstrikes killed at least 16 people and wounded 35.

American and British fighter jets and US ships hit a wide range of underground facilities, missile launchers, command and control sites, a Houthi vessel and other facilities, according to US sources.

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    5 months ago

    If China wants to be taken seriously on the world stage, they need to start participating in these kinds of missions. Real world powers do things that benefit the world, not just themselves.

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      5 months ago

      I seriously can’t tell if this is sarcasm.

      Plenty of 3rd world nations have been cozying up to China exactly because they don’t do these things.

      Pretty much everything foreign the USA and Soviet Union did was to protect their own interests, not benefit the world.

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        5 months ago

        Countries have being cozying uo to China because they dont help protect global shipping?