The USS Carney shot down at least three Houthi drones headed in the ship’s direction in the southern Red Sea on Sunday and responded to a distress call from a civilian commercial vessel that was fired upon by a ballistic missile,

The Pentagon says the five armed assailants captured by U.S. forces after seizing a commercial ship near Yemen over the weekend were likely Somali and not Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.

A failed hijacking of a commercial ship near the Red Sea last weekend has raised questions on whether suspected pirate activity will resume in troubled waters, as regional tensions boil over Israel's war on Gaza.

An American warship responded to attacks on three commercial ships Sunday in international waters of the Red Sea.

An American destroyer intervened after multiple commercial ships were damaged by missile attacks in the Red Sea, the U.S. Central Command said. Iran-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen have claimed responsibility.

What happened to the USS Carney? Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed the attack of two ships but did not mention the U.S. Navy vessel.

Ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck three commercial ships Sunday in the Red Sea, while a U.S. warship shot down three drones.