India, Oct. 23 -- Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Thursday that their forces were rescuing 14 Indian sailors from a yacht that had come under attack near Zuqar Island in the Red Sea, the latest in a run of incidents at sea since the war in West Asia began in February.

New Delhi has not confirmed the account. The Indian Mission in Yemen said on X that "apparently there were Indian nationals (sailors) on board a yacht", and that it had reached out to different parties to establish what happened. "Given the prevailing conflict situation exact information is not currently available," the Mission added.

Indians have been hit harder than most. About one in eight of the world's merchant seafarers are Indians. Over a dozen Indians have bee...