A submarine attack on an Iranian ship off the coast of Sri Lanka has left at least 101 people missing, one dead and 78 injured, sources from Sri Lanka’s navy and defence ministry announced on Wednesday.

On Saturday, the UN human rights office demanded an independent investigation into a drone strike on a Gaza-bound aid ship in international waters near Malta, while also reiterating its call for Israel to end its blockade of Gaza, labeling it as "collective punishment."

Yemen's Houthi militants said on Saturday that they attacked a Liberia-flagged container vessel for a second time in the latest action against commercial shipping in the Gulf of Aden, News.az reports citing Reuters .

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Coordination Center reported a new attack on a vessel by unknown assailants off Yemen's coast.