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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Responding to increased attacks on ships in the southern Red Sea by聽Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, the U.S. announced sanctions against 13 people and firms alleged stanley cup to be providing tens of millions of dollars from the sale and shipment of Iranian commodities to the Houthis in Yemen.The White House also announced Thursday that it was encouraging allies to join the Combined Maritime Forces, a 39-member partnership that exists to counter malign action by non-state actors in international waters, as it looks to push back against the Houthis. The State Department and Pentagon are leading the effort to expand the maritime partnership after聽three commercial vessels were struck by missiles聽fired by Iranian-back Houthis in Yemen stanley cup earlier this week.The聽strike聽marked an escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war, as multiple vessels have found themselves in the crosshairs of a single Houthi assault for the first time in the conflict. The U.S. vowed to consider all appropriate responses in the wake of the attack, specifically calling out Iran, which is the chief sponsor of both Hamas militants in Gaza and the Houthis in Yemen.In the new sanctions announced Thursday, Treasury said that聽previously sanctioned聽Houthi and Iranian financial facilitator Said al-Jamal uses a network of exchange houses and stanley cup firms to help Iranian money reach the countrys militant partners in Yemen.READ MORE: Yemens Houthi rebels hijack Israeli-linked sh Qjlv India orders Canada to remove most of its diplomats from country, official says
MADRID AP 鈥?An unstable world could get even more dangerous if NATO does not remain strong and united, the head of the alliance said Thursday at the end of a summit where Western leaders labeled Russia聽 a direct threat 聽to the security of their nations.During their three-day meeti adidas campus ng in Madrid, NATO members confronted a geopolitical landscape marked by big-power competition and myriad threats, from cyberattacks to climate change. The leaders cast their sights around the world 鈥? drawing a rebuke after accusing China of posing聽 serious challenges聽 to global stability. But Russia invasion of Ukraine dominated the summit. We live in a more dangerous world and we live in a more unpredictable world, and we live in a world where we have a hot war going on in Europe, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said. stanley cup At the same time, we also know that this can get worse. That is why the Western military alliance has a core responsibility to keep the war in Ukraine from spilling into other countries while making clear to Moscow that it would protect every inch of NATO territory, Stoltenberg said.That territory is set to grow.聽At the summit, NATO leaders formally invited Finland and Sweden to join the alliance, after striking an agreement to end opposition from Turkey. However, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he could still block the Nordic countries membership, if the Nordic pair do not keep their promises.WATCH: NATO Secretary-General Stoltenb crocs erg on the