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

What are they really looking for? Two hundred twenty miles across the Arabian Sea from the rest of troubled Yemen, Socotra was once a legendary place at the edge of maps of the known world.

Socotra is part of Yemen, which is embroiled in a lengthy civil war - something from which the four islands have largely been spared. But after two boats capsized during the cyclone, and at least ...