CAIRO (AP) -- Houthi rebels in Yemen removed U. N. equipment and assets and took them to an undisclosed location without explanation, the world body said Friday, the latest in a series of restrictions by the Iran-backed group.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels threatened new attacks on ships traveling through the Red Sea corridor, likely trying to back Iran as it worried Monday about an approaching U.