People search for survivors on Thursday after an air strike near Sana’a airport Houthi rebels say they have responded to Saudi Arabia-led air strikes on Sana’a, the Yemen capital, by launching rockets across the northern border into the oil-rich kingdom, as civil conflict threatens to escalate into a regional war. Saudi Arabia, backed by a 10-country Muslim coalition, launched the air strikes early on Thursday against targets in Houthi-controlled Sana’a, including the airport and a military air base. News of the strikes and retaliation triggered a surge in the price of crude oil . Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose $2.89, or 5.1 per cent, to $59.37 while West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark, also rose, up $3.01 to $52.22 a barrel. It had reached $52.48 a barrel in earlier trading. Although the attack is not expected to cause any major disruption, the narrow waters between Yemen and Djibouti […]