UN Security Council calls for an end to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea
UN Security Council calls for an end to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. Four countries abstained, including Russia and China. The Houthis described the UN resolution as a "political game" It is the US that is violating international law, says Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, head of the Houthis' Supreme Revolutionary Committee in Yemen.About ten percent of all world trade passes through the Red sea. The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea with theRed Sea. The alternative route around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope extends the transports by a few days.