Captain Lyubomir Chanev and Senior Mate Danail Veselinov have been released and are expected to return to Bulgaria today. The two sailors, part of the crew of the cargo ship "Galaxy Leader," were taken hostage in the Red Sea in late November 2023.

U.S. ships are returning to the Red Sea following promises from Yemen’s Houthi rebels to abstain from attacks on American and British vessels. The pledge, which comes after more than a year of

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader more than a year after they seized their

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader more than a year after they seized the Bahamas-flagged vessel off the Yemeni Red Sea coast, Houthi-owned Al Masirah TV reported on Wednesday.

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry also confirmed ... the rebel group to end their maritime assaults that have plagued the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden for months. The terrorist group began attacking ...

THE United States and Japan welcomed the release of 25 crew members—17 of them Filipinos—who were seized by Yemeni Houthis in the Red Sea last November 2023. However, both countries urged the Houthis to release the vehicle carrier MV Galaxy Leader and to refrain from attacking more ships in the Red Sea.

Bahrain commended on Friday the success of the mediation efforts undertaken by Oman to release the crew of the Galaxy Leade

Al-Masirah TV, affiliated with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, reported that 25 crew members of the Galaxy Leader ship have been freed after 14 months.

MISANTLA, Mexico (AP) — Escorted by locals on bicycles and in cars that awaited his arrival outside his hometown in Mexico, Arturo Zacarías Meza returned home days after Houthi rebels in Yemen released him and his fellow crew members following more than a year in captivity.

“The Houthis had unlawfully detained the crew since violently seizing their vessel over a year ago. The Houthis have still not released the MV Galaxy Leader itself, which is stolen property. Houthi attacks have endangered the lives of seafarers, hindered the delivery of essential humanitarian assistance, and harmed economies across the region.

Dave Heindel, ITF’s seafarers’ section chair and president of the US-based Seafarers International Union (SIU), said: “Guaranteeing safe passage through the Red Sea for all commercial ships must be the next step – we urge the Houthis to give this assurance immediately.