Pakistan says 3 nationals died in Houthi ship attack off Yemen

The Pakistan government said in a Wednesday statement that three Pakistani nationals were killed and one wounded when a Houthi attack hit a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait; total deaths in the attack were six. Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar called the strike a dangerous threat to freedom of navigation and commercial shipping in the Red Sea.

Why this matters. Maritime insurance and rerouting decisions for tanker traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb can change quickly if fatalities from Houthi attacks continue, raising immediate cost and security pressures on energy and trade routes.