Ancient Indian mariners worshipped a Yemeni island and brought it back home as a deity. The island of Socotra, near East Africa, is believed to have manifested as Sikotar Mata, a sea goddess ...

Socotra is one of the most isolated and surreal places on Earth — an island filled with alien-looking trees, untouched ...

Hidden off the coast of Yemen, Socotra feels like a forgotten world filled with alien-like trees, empty beaches, and people ...

The UAE breaks traditional Arab models by prioritizing a risky US-Israeli alignment, threatening its own federal survival.

The American-Israeli conflict with Iran has fundamentally changed the situation in the Middle East. After following the path ...

Saudi Arabia links eastern Yemen to its power grid, raising questions over sovereignty, energy control and long-term strategic influence.

Amid ongoing disruptions to maritime shipping in the Middle East due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Somali pirates ...

The Youth and Community Committee of the Socotra Archipelago has warned of an imminent disaster threatening 120,000 citizens ...

Sanaa, Yemen – It was August 2023, and Enaya Dastor was reading a school textbook while also keeping an eye on her goats as they grazed near her village, Jabal Habashy, in central Yemen’s Taiz ...

Yemen has been engulfed in a complex crisis for over a decade. Although large‑scale fighting has eased since a UN‑brokered truce in 2022, the country remains deeply fragmented, economically devastated ...

Amnesty International has called for a United States air strike on a migrant detention centre in Yemen to be investigated as a possible war crime. In a report released on Tuesday, the rights group ...

Traffic, spreadsheets, laundry; everyday life can make our surroundings seem pretty dull. And it’s not like we can drop ...