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The US military said it shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired by the Houthi rebels in Yemen in the south of the Red Sea on Saturday. The US Navy responded to a call for help around 1700 GMT from the Maersk Hangzhou – a Singapore-flagged container ship operated and owned by Denmark – which reported it was struck by a missile while in the south of the Red Sea, the US Regional Command for the Middle East (Centcom) said on social media platform X. “While responding, the USS GRAVELY shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen toward the ships,” …