Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, May 24

ADEN, Yemen -- The Yemeni Houthi group on Friday claimed to have conducted multiple military strikes targeting commercial vessels in regional maritime zones, including the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and the Mediterranean.

According to a statement by the group's military spokesman Yahya Sarea, the Houthis in its first operation fired ballistic missiles at the Israeli-flagged container ship MSC ALEXANDRA while it w