Six mariners, five of them Filipinos and an Indian, have been rescued after a deadly attack on a cargo ship that sank off rebel-held Yemen, an EU maritime force said Wednesday, as the search continued for the rest of the crew.

The gunmen appeared in drone footage chanting the Houthis' slogan: "God is the greatest; death to America; death to Israel; curse the Jews; victory to Islam"

Crew members abroad a ship set ablaze by a series of attacks in the Red Sea have abandoned the vessel as it took on water