U.S. president Donald Trump redesignated Yemen’s Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), imposing more restrictive sanctions than the Houthi’s former designation as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). The move will trigger a review of U.N. partners, non-governmental organizations and contractors operating in Yemen. Earlier in the week, the Houthis released the crew of the Bahamas-flagged commercial vessel Galaxy Leader, whom they had detained along with the ship in 2023.