U.S.-owned cargo ship struck by missile off coast of Yemen

A missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck a U.S.-owned ship Monday just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, less than a day after they fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea, officials said.

U.S.-owned cargo ship struck by missile off coast of Yemen
A commercial ship transits the Suez Canal toward the Red Sea.

A missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck a U.S.-owned ship Monday just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, less than a day after they fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea, officials said.