The Houthis had signaled Friday night they planned a release of prisoners, part of their efforts to ease tensions after the ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi group said it will free dozens of prisoners on Saturday, calling the move a "unilateral humanitarian initiative," Abdul Qader al-Murtada, head of the Houthi-run prisoner affairs committee, said on Friday.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Jan 22) re-designated Yemen's Houthi movement, known formally as Ansar Allah, as a "foreign terrorist organisation", the White House said. The move will impose harsher economic penalties than the Biden administration had applied to the Iran-aligned group in response to its attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and against

DUBAI - Iran on Thursday condemned as \"baseless\" a move by U.S. President Donald Trump to re-designate Yemen's Tehran-aligned Houthi movement as a \"foreign terrorist organization (FTO)\". Read more at straitstimes.

LONDON: Yemen's Houthis will limit their attacks on commercial vessels to Israel-linked ships provided the Gaza ceasefire is fully implemented, the Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center (HOO

The Houthis, who had on an almost weekly basis targeted ships using ballistic missiles and drones in waters near Yemen's shores to show their solidarity with the Palestinians, had long said they would cease these operations if the conflict ended.

The world’s top three container operators said they fear instability in Gaza and broader regional tensions mean continued danger.

Shipping companies expressed caution about using the shorter route between Asia and Europe that many ships have avoided for more than a year.

The move will authorize harsher penalties on the Iran-backed group, which has attacked Israel and disrupted global shipping trade in the Red Sea for over a year.

British finance minister Rachel Reeves told Reuters on Thursday that she will announce changes if necessary in March to meet her fiscal rules, but added that it was important not to "jump the gun" with two months still to go.

Iran-aligned Yemeni Houthi rebels on Wednesday (January 22) released the crew of the Galaxy Leader more than a year after they seized the Bahamas-flagged vessel off the Yemeni Red Sea coast. Citing Houthi-owned media,