UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has said that Britain is considering taking “direct” action against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels following their attack on a Danish merchant ship in the Red Sea. This new British stance comes after the US Central Command’s announcement that its forces sank three Houthi boats that had attacked the Red Sea ship, killing at least 10 fighters. The Houthis have threatened to target ships linked to or heading towards Israel in the Red Sea, saying they will not cease until the Western-backed Israeli war on Gaza ends. in The Telegraph, Shapps said that the UK “wo…