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Two crew dead, at least two wounded in attack on Greek vessel in Red Sea
This handout picture provided by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs reportedly shows members of the Greek owned, Liberian-flagged Magic Seas commercial vessel climbing on board the Safeen Prism, after being rescued following an attack that forced them to abandon ship, in the Red Sea on July 6, 2025. Photo: UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / AFP Two crew members of the Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated bulk carrier Eternity C were killed in a drone and speedboat attack off Yemen on Monday evening, Liberia's shipping delegation told a meeting of the International Maritime Organization on Tuesday. The deaths on the vessel, the first involving shipping in the Red Sea since June 2024, bring the total number of seafarers killed in attacks on vessels in the vital shipping corridor to six. Monday's attack on Eternity C, 50 nautical miles southwest of the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, was the second on merchant vessels in the region since November 2024, according to an official at the European Union-s Operation Aspides, assigned to help protect Red Sea shipping. Hours before the attack, the Iran-aligned Houthi militant group claimed responsibility for a strike on the Liberia-flagged, Greek-operated MV Magic Seas bulk carrier off southwest Yemen on Sunday, saying the ship sank. "Just as Liberia was processing the shock and grief of the attack against Magic Seas, we received a report that Eternity C again has been attacked, attacked horribly and causing death of two seafarers," Liberia's delegate told the U.N. shipping agency's gathering. At least two crew members were injured, the vessel's operator, Cosmoship Management, and maritime security sources told Reuters, adding that the ship was listing. Eternity C, with 22 crew members - 21 Filipinos and one Russian - on board, was attacked with sea drones and rocket-propelled grenades fired from manned speedboats, sources told Reuters. - Reuters
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Two crew dead after reported attack on Greek vessel in Red Sea
This handout picture provided by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs reportedly shows members of the Greek owned, Liberian-flagged Magic Seas commercial vessel climbing on board the Safeen Prism, after being rescued following an attack that forced them to abandon ship, in the Red Sea on July 6, 2025. Photo: UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / AFP Two crew members of the Liberia-flagged, Greek-operated, bulk carrier Eternity C were killed after an attack by sea drones and speedboats off Yemen on Monday evening (local time), Liberia's shipping delegation told a meeting of the UN shipping agency IMO on Tuesday. The deaths, the first since June 2024, bring the total number of seafarers killed in attacks on vessels in the Red Sea to six. The vessel had 22 crew members - 21 Filipinos and one Russian - and armed guards on board. . Maritime security sources said the vessel, which was unladen, has suffered severe damage and is currently listing. The crew was ordered to abandon the ship, but the lifeboats had been destroyed, two sources said. The ship was adrift, an Aspides official said. At the time of the incident, no warship of the Aspides mission was close to the vessel. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack, so far. Earlier on Monday, the Houthis claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack on the Greek-operated MV Magic Seas bulk carrier off southwest Yemen. The raid involved gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades from eight skiffs as well as missiles and four uncrewed surface vessels. The 19 crew were forced to abandon the Liberian-flagged vessel as it was taking on water. They were picked up by a passing ship and have arrived safely in Djibouti, sources said. The Houthis said they sunk the vessel. But Michael Bodouroglou, a representative of Stem Shipping, one of the ship's commercial managers, said there was no independent verification. The crew had reported fires at the vessel's forepeak, in the bow. The engine room and at least two holds were flooded, and there was no electricity. Aspides had earlier warned of a risk of explosion in the ship's vicinity. Since Israel's war in Gaza against the Palestinian militant group Hamas began in October 2023, the Houthis have been attacking Israel and vessels in the Red Sea in what they say are acts of solidarity with the Palestinians. Israel has struck Houthi targets in response, launching strikes on Monday for the first time in nearly a month. A U.S.-Houthi ceasefire deal in May did not include Israel. The latest attacks highlight a growing operational risk to commercial operators whose vessels have called at Israeli ports, Maritime security firm Diaplous said. Magic Seas was carrying iron and fertilisers from China to Turkey, a voyage that appeared low-risk as it had nothing to do with Israel, Bodouroglou said, adding that Stem Shipping had received no warning of the attack. But the fleet of Allseas Marine, Magic Seas' other commercial manager, had made calls to Israeli ports over the past year, according to analysis by UK-based maritime risk management company Vanguard Tech. "These factors put the Magic Seas at an extreme risk of being targeted,Gǥ said Ellie Shafik, head of intelligence with Vanguard Tech. The manager of ETERNITY C is also affiliated with vessels that have made calls to Israeli ports, security sources said. John Xylas, chairman of the dry bulk shipping association Intercargo, said the crew were "innocent people, simply doing their jobs, keeping global trade moving". "No one at sea should ever face such violence," he said. - Reuters
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Ukraine urges investigation into alleged Russian chemical weapons use
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: AFP Ukraine asked the global chemical weapons watchdog in The Hague on Tuesday to investigate the alleged use of banned toxic munitions by Russia against its forces. A request to establish an investigation was submitted by Kyiv to the governing body of the organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). It followed Dutch and German intelligence agencies on Friday saying they had evidence of widespread use of illegal weapons by Russia along the frontline. The OPCW created a similar team in 2018 to examine accusations of chemical weapons use in Syria. The Investigation and Identification Team found that Syrian government forces and Islamic State militants had used banned chemical weapons in the civil war that began in March 2011. The United States first accused Russia in May last year of using chloropicrin, a chemical compound more toxic than riot control agents and first used by Germany during World War One. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a disarmament agency in The Hague with 193 member states, said last year that initial accusations levelled by both countries at each other were "insufficiently substantiated". Both sides have denied using chemical weapons in the conflict, which escalated when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. "Ukraine hereby requests the Director-General of the OPCW to take steps towards establishing an independent and impartial mechanism (to) investigate cases of alleged use of chemical weapons in Ukraine," a copy of the request shared with Reuters said. It asked that the mechanism be empowered to "collect additional evidence and identify perpetrators, organisers, sponsors of such use." It was submitted at the beginning of four days of closed-door meetings by the 41-country Executive Council of the OPCW. The disarmament body had no immediate comment on the request. At least three Ukrainian deaths have been tied to chemical weapons use, the Dutch Military Intelligence Agency said, while more than 2500 people injured on the battlefield reported chemical weapons-related symptoms to Ukrainian health authorities. On Monday, Britain targeted two Russian individuals and one Russian entity as part of its chemical weapons sanctions regime, in its latest effort to punish Moscow for the war in Ukraine. - Reuters
