An Indian-flagged vessel capsized and sunk after it was hit by a projectile off the coast of Yemen, officials say.
All 14 people on board the MSV Faize Noore Oliya - 13 of which were Indian nationals - were safely rescued, India's Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said. Sonowal condemned the "unprovoked attack" and said steps would be taken to ensure the safety of seafarers in the region. It is not clear who struck the ship.
It is the latest in a spate of attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, an alternative waterway that some tankers had been using since Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz in February.India's ministry of external affairs later released a statement calling attacks on commercial shipping in the region "deeply worrisome".
"The targeting of commercial shipping in the region must end, and free and unimpeded navigation and commerce through the international waterways in the region, in keeping with international law, must be restored at the earliest," the ministry said.
Much of the region's shipping routes have been disrupted since the US and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February. Since then, Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's busiest oil shipping channels, hugely impacting global oil prices.
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