India, Aug. 12 -- Iranian-backed Houthi rebels renewed their attacks Tuesday on Government-controlled areas in Yemen as ongoing violence threatened to reignite the country's civil war and raised fears over new threats to shipping lanes.

Iran's foreign minister, meanwhile, underscored Tehran's stance against reopening the Strait of Hormuz until the US meets its conditions, in comments that came after US President Donald Trump said he was now demanding compensation from Iran "for all of the people that they have killed" in the past.

Houthis hit targets in central Yemen

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked the Government-held port city of Mokha on the Red Sea coast and other areas of the country, deepening fears over threats to ...