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WORLD NEWS Friday 23 august 2024
French destroyer rescues 29 mariners from oil tanker stricken in

Red Sea attacks by Yemen rebels

By JON GAMBRELL In the attack on the
Associated Press Sounion, men on small
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates boats first opened fire with
(AP) — A French destroyer small arms about 140 kilo-
rescued 29 mariners from meters (90 miles) west of
an oil tanker that came un- the rebel-held Yemeni port
der repeated attack in the city of Hodeida, the British
Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi military’s United Kingdom
rebels, officials said Thurs- Maritime Trade Operations
day, while also destroying a center said. Private secu-
bomb-carrying drone boat rity on board the tanker re-
in the area. turned fire.
The assault on the Sounion, Four projectiles also hit the
the most serious in the Red ship, it added. It wasn’t
Sea in weeks, comes during immediately clear if that
a monthslong campaign meant drones or missiles.
by the Houthis targeting U.S. airstrikes in Hodeida
ships over the Israel-Hamas meanwhile destroyed a
war in the Gaza Strip that Houthi surface-to-air missile
has disrupted a trade route and radar system Wednes-
through which $1 trillion day, the American mili-
in cargo typically passes tary’s Central Command
each year. The Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion is seen heading into the Finnart Ocean Terminal in the said.
The Sounion is now at an- United Kingdom on Nov. 29, 2017. The Houthis have targeted
chor in the Red Sea and Associated Press more than 80 vessels with
no longer drifting, the Euro- and represents a “navi- involved in the rescue. The Houthi military spokesman missiles and drones since
pean Union’s Operation As- gational and environmen- Sounion also had not asked Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree the war in Gaza started in
pides said. The vessel had tal hazard,” the mission for an escort prior to the at- claimed the attack in a October. They seized one
been staffed by a crew of warned. tacks, the EU mission said. prerecorded statement vessel and sank two in the
25 Filipinos and Russians, as “It is essential that everyone The French military sepa- late Thursday night, as well campaign that also killed
well as four private security in the area exercises cau- rately released an image as another attempted at- four sailors.
personnel, who have been tion and refrains from any of the Sounion, showing the tack Wednesday. Other missiles and drones
taken to nearby Djibouti, actions that could lead to blaze on board had been “The ship was accurately have either been inter-
the EU mission in the Red a deterioration of the cur- extinguished. It also pub- and directly hit while sailing cepted by a U.S.-led coali-
Sea said. rent situation.” lished an image of its fire in the Red Sea and is at risk tion in the Red Sea or failed
The Sounion has 150,000 Military officials did not targeting the drone boat of sinking, thanks to God,” to reach their targets.q
tons of crude oil aboard name the French destroyer as well. he said.

The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare

faces in public

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Af- page, 35-article document to avoid temptation and males to avoid being cor- men they are not related to
ghanistan’s Taliban rulers seen by The Associated tempting others. Clothing rupted. A woman’s voice by blood or marriage and
have issued a ban on wom- Press and are the first for- should not be thin, tight or is deemed intimate and so vice versa.
en’s voices and bare faces mal declaration of vice short. should not be heard sing- Article 17 bans the publi-
in public under new laws and virtue laws in Afghani- Women are obliged to ing, reciting, or reading cation of images of living
approved by the supreme stan since the takeover. cover themselves in front of aloud in public. It is forbid- beings, threatening an al-
leader in efforts to combat “Inshallah we assure you non-Muslim males and fe- den for women to look at ready fragile Afghan me-
vice and promote virtue. that this Islamic law will be dia landscape.
The laws were issued of great help in the pro- Article 19 bans the playing
Wednesday after they motion of virtue and the of music, the transportation
were approved by su- elimination of vice,” said of solo female travelers,
preme leader Hibatullah ministry spokesman Maulvi and the mixing of men and
Akhundzada, a govern- Abdul Ghafar Farooq on women who are not related
ment spokesman said. The Thursday. to each other. The law also
Taliban had set up a minis- The laws empower the min- obliges passengers and
try for the “propagation of istry to be at the frontline of drivers to perform prayers
virtue and the prevention regulating personal con- at designated times. Ac-
of vice” after seizing power duct, administering punish- cording to the ministry web-
in 2021. ments like warnings or ar- site, the promotion of virtue
The ministry published its rest if enforcers allege that includes prayer, aligning
vice and virtue laws on Afghans have broken the the character and behav-
Wednesday that cover as- laws. ior of Muslims with Islamic
pects of everyday life like Article 13 relates to women. law, encouraging women
public transportation, mu- It says it is mandatory for a Taliban fighters celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal to wear hijab, and inviting
sic, shaving and celebra- woman to veil her body at of US-led troops from Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, people to comply with the
tions. all times in public and that Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Associated Press five pillars of Islam.q
They are set out in a 114- a face covering is essential