EU foreign policy chief spoke with Oman's foreign minister on Red Sea tensions, freedom of navigation

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said he spoke with Oman's foreign minister Badr Albusaidi on the growing tensions in the Red Sea and the need to preserve freedom of navigation, he said on X on Friday.

The United States and Britain have launched strikes from the air and sea against Houthi military targets in Yemen in response to the movement's attacks on ships in the Red Sea, a dramatic regional widening of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.