US disables boxship while Red Sea attack kills six

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Commercial shipping came under fire at both ends of the Middle East’s most disrupted maritime corridor on Tuesday, with US forces disabling a containership in the Gulf of Oman while a separate attack in the Bab el-Mandeb left six people dead. US Central Command confirmed that a Navy MH-60 helicopter fired two Hellfire missiles at …

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