U.S. Navy destroyers shot down seven missiles and drones fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels at the warships and three American merchant vessels they were escorting through the Gulf of Aden. U.S. Central Command said late Sunday that the destroyers USS Stockdale and USS O’Kane shot down and destroyed three anti-ship ballistic missiles, three drones and one anti-ship cruise missile.
Somalia says its forces, backed by international security partners, have killed 27 militants of Islamic terror group Al-Shabaab in a joint military operation in the semi-autonomous state of Jubbaland...