UN official warns of Houthi threat to maritime navigation in Red Sea

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- A UN official on Friday warned of the consequences of the threat posed by Yemen's Houthi militia on maritime navigation in the Red Sea.

"The continued Houthi threat to maritime navigation in the Red Sea is of growing concern. It risks exacerbating regional tensions, and further escalation, and also has potentially grave political, economic, and humanitarian ramifications for m