India, Sept. 7 -- Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access on Sunday in parts of Asia and the Middle East, with Pakistan being one of the countries facing the disruption.

However, it wasn't immediately clear what caused the incident, the Associated Press reported.

There has been concern about the cables being targeted in a Red Sea campaign by Yemen's Houthi rebels, which the rebels describe as an effort to pressure Israel to end its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. But the Houthis have denied attacking the lines in the past.

Tech giant Microsoft has said that the Middle East "may experience increased latency due to undersea fibre cuts in the Red Sea." The company added that internet traffic not moving through the Mid...