A Cameroonian ship caught fire and was abandoned in waters just south of Yemen, where the Houthi rebels are known to attack ships.
Conflicting reports from the United Kingdom and European Union officials indicated the ship may have been struck by a projectile or could have caught on fire by accident.
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The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations issued an alert about the vessel, MV FALCON, early Saturday, saying it was “hit by an unknown projectile, resulting with a fire” just over 130 miles east of Aden, a port city. In a sub