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Ship seen ablaze on Strait of Hormuz, British military agency says

The master of a vessel on the Strait of Hormuz reported seeing another vessel on fire nine nautical miles north of Khasab, Oman, on Thursday, a monitoring agency run by the British military said.

The crew's status wasn't known and there was no damage assessment or report on the incident's environmental impact, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO) added.

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Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile fired by Houthis, officials say

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said on Thursday it had intercepted a ballistic missile fired by the group at the kingdom's eastern region.

"Air defenses intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward the Eastern Province," coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki posted on X.

Saudi Arabia has this month come under sustained attack from the Iran-backed Houthis, including a strike on Riyadh's international airport…