Houthis Hit Container Ship in Red Sea; Defy Biden's 'Coalition of the Unwilling'

The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen fired a missile that struck the Maersk Hangzhou in the Red Sea on Saturday, according to U.S. Central Command — the first successful strike against a commercial ship since the U.S. formed a coalition to deter attacks. The Biden administration has been unwilling, thus far, to attack Houthi missile sites or naval assets directly, and has instead tried to deter Houthi attacks by sending naval vessels to the region and shooting down drones and missiles — apparently to little avail. The US Central Command...