Yemen's Houthis said on Sunday that they had attacked two civilian ships along with an American destroyer in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea, their latest effort to disrupt shipping in what they say is support for Palestinians in Gaza.In a statement, the Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said the militant group fired ballistic missiles at the American destroyer, naval missiles at a ship called the Captain Paris, and drones at a ship called the Happy Condor. It was not clear whether any of the targets were hit.Early on Sunday the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said that a vessel 40 nautical miles south of Yemen's al Mukha had reported two explosions nearby. The vessel and its crew were safe and continuing their journey, it said, without identifying the ship.The attacks have upended global trade by forcing ship owners to reroute vessels away from the Suez Canal, and drawn retaliatory US and British strikes since February.

The law prolonging reserve duty was passed in the Ministerial Committee for Legislative Affairs, extending reserve duty to three months instead of six, Israeli media reported on Sunday.

Fourteen Jordanians have been reported dead and 17 others missing during the ongoing Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, the Jordanian foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

Israel’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 14.4% in the first quarter of 2024, when compared to 2023's third quarter, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics’ second estimation, published Sunday.The growth was 3.4% at the quarterly rate, according to this estimation.When comparing the first quarter of 2024 to the last quarter of 2023, there was also an annual increase of 26.9% in private consumption, 7.7% in public spending, and 39.2% in the import of goods and services, according to the CBS report of its second estimation.The second estimation also found a drop of 5.5% annually in the exports of goods and services not including diamonds and exports from start-ups in this quarter. This is compared to a 10.4% drop found in the first estimation.