Mysterious airstrip appears on Indian Ocean island in key shipping location - A mysterious airstrip being built on a remote ...

A mysterious airstrip being built on a remote island in Yemen is nearing completion, according to satellite photos analyzed ...

Separatists are consolidating control after taking over an island known as the "Galapagos" of the Indian Ocean, at the same time further complicating the long-running conflict in Yemen.

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 ...

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International power rivalry is playing out in the Indian Ocean region, India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on ...

Jan 16 (Reuters) - The leader of Yemen's Houthis ... The waterway is a strategic link between the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean through which exports to Western markets from the Gulf and ...

Any ship passing through the Suez Canal to or from the Indian Ocean has to come this way. The Houthis - who are fighting Yemen's Saudi-backed government - have declared themselves part of an "axis ...

The airstrip on Abd al-Kuri Island, which rises out of the Indian Ocean near the mouth of the ... to Europe — has halved under attacks by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.