Houthis Attack US Vessel off Gulf of Aden Killing & Injuring Dozens

At leas two crew members were killed, several missing and others have suffered severe burns after the Barbados-flagged bulk carrier True Confidence sustained damage off the coast of Yemen on Wednesday, according to a shipping source. Earlier, a British monitoring agency had reported an attack on a merchant vessel south of Yemen, with coalition forces providing support. The owner of the vessel stated that it had been struck by a missile believed to have been launched by Yemen's Houthi militants.