The 17 Filipino seafarers recently released by the Yemeni Islamist group Houthis were set to arrive in the Philippines on Thursday night after more than a year in captivity, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said.

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman and Yemen discussed yesterday means of enhancing cooperation in the areas of agriculture, fisheries and water resources.

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement has released the crew of a cargo ship more than a year after its fighters hijacked the vessel in the Red Sea, as part of its campaign of attacks in support of Hamas in its war against Israel.

Yemen's Houthi rebels on Wednesday (Thursday morning in Manila) freed the crew of the merchant ship Galaxy Leader after detaining them

Muscat: Within the context of the Sultanate of Oman’s humanitarian efforts related to the conditions of crew of the Galaxy Leader vessel in

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. announced the safe release of 17 Filipino crew members of M/V Galaxy Leader, who were held captive in Yemen for more than a year. The Filipino seafarers, along with the rest of the crew of M/V Galaxy Leader,

Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo wished for the well-being and fast recovery of the 17 Filipinos held captive by Houthi rebels for 14 months. Manalo had a brief interaction with the 17 seafarers who arrived via an Oman Air flight at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport

MANILA: The 17 Filipino seafarers recently released by the Yemeni Islamist group Houthis were set to arrive in the Philippines on Thursday night (Jan 23) after more than a year in captivity, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said.

Yemen's Houthi rebels have freed the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a ship detained amid Red Sea tensions linked to the Israel-Hamas conflict. Mediated by Oman, the release follows a ceasefire in Gaza, but coincides with U.

The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians scour through mountains of rubble looking for bodies of those killed by Israeli bombardments during the 15-month war.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier seized in November 2023 at the start of their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war.