The search for those missing after Yemen’s Houthi rebels sank a ship in the Red Sea has ended as at least four people are presumed dead and 11 others remain unaccounted for.

Yemen's Houthi rebels killed 3 mariners with an attack on a ship in the Red Sea, a European naval force says, fueling concern over a possible new wave of attacks by the Iran-backed group.

The search operation for missing crew members of the ship Eternity C, which was sunk by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, has officially ended. At least four people are now presumed dead, while 11 others remain unaccounted for,