Empowering Good Governance with Energy-Based Development Assistance

By Rupak Chattopadhyay October 22, 2025 Imagine a rural village in Africa where nightfall brings silence: no humming clinics, no bustling markets, with children reading by flickering oil lamps. For over 600 million people across sub-Saharan...

Yemen Blast: Indian Navy’s Warship INS Trikand Battles Blaze, Rescues Crew Onboard MV Falcon After LPG Tanker Explosion off Djibouti Coast

Djibouti, October 22: The Indian Navy's warship INS Trikand, deployed in the Gulf of Aden for maritime security operations, carried out a rescue and firefighting mission after a massive fire broke out on board the Cameroon-flagged LPG carrier MV...

Houthis release 5 Yemeni UN staffers after detaining them

ADEN, Yemen -- Houthi rebels released five Yemeni United Nations staff members and allowed 15 international members to move freely within the U.N. compound after detaining them there in Sanaa over the weekend, a U.N. spokesperson said Monday....

New Airstrip Emerges on Yemen’s Zuqar Island

A significant development has unfolded in the Red Sea as a 2,000-meter airstrip is under construction on Zuqar Island, located off Yemen’s coast. Satellite imagery analyzed by The Associated Press reveals that construction began in April, with...

Power Outage Paralyses Yemen's Aden As Fuel Supplies Run Out

(MENAFN- Nam News Network) ADEN, Yemen, Oct 21 (NNN-SABA) – The General Electricity Corporation in Aden, announced yesterday, a power outage, across the southern Yemeni port city, after the last fuel supplies, needed to run the main power station...

The D Brief: Caribbean buildup; Carrier loses two aircraft; Court reverses Guard ruling; China’s AI-powered robots; And a bit more.

The Pentagon is still building up its naval forces in waters close to Venezuela, which has prompted officials in Caracas to decry recent joint exercises between the U.S. and troops from nearby Trinidad and Tobago, Reuters reported Sunday. The...

UPSC Essentials | Mains answer practice — GS 3 : Questions on implications of cloud-seeding in densely populated urban areas and tropical cyclones (Week 126)

UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative for the practice of Mains answer writing. It covers essential topics of static and dynamic parts of the UPSC Civil Services syllabus covered under various GS papers. This answer-writing practice is...

Another Mysterious Airstrip Appeared On Yemeni Island Close To Houthi Areas

File image. A 2,000-meter airstrip is being built on Zuqar Island in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, The Associated Press reported on October 20, citing satellite images from Planet Labs PBC. Zuqar Island lies between the coasts of the Yemeni...

Houthis release five Yemeni UN staffers in Sanaa after weekend detention

Houthi supporters carry the coffin of Maj. Gen. Muhammad Abdul Karim al-Ghamari, who died after Israeli attack, during his funeral at the people's mosque in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman) Houthi rebels have...

[UK and US Air Operations Intensify Over Yemen, Gulf of Aden, & Red Sea

Red Sea — British and American military air activity surged across key Middle Eastern airspaces between October 12 and 19, with a marked increase in reconnaissance and aerial refueling missions over Yemen, the Gulf of Aden, and the Red Sea,...

Nine killed in 'Al Qaeda attack' on Yemeni government forces

Al Qaeda staged an attack on Yemen's internationally recognised government on Tuesday, in which nine people from both sides were killed, a commander said. Yemeni Brig Gen Nasr Atef Al Yafei said the extremists launched a "large-scale terrorist...

Houthis detain 20 UN employees in Yemen amid escalating crackdown on aid workers

Yemen's Houthi rebels detained 20 UN employees (five Yemenis, 15 international workers) in Sanaa, accusing them of espionage—a claim the UN strongly denies. The arrests disrupt critical aid operations in Yemen, already devastated by war and...

Houthis release 5 Yemeni UN staffers in Sanaa

Houthi rebels released five Yemeni United Nations staff members and allowed 15 international ones to move freely within the UN compound after detaining them there in Sanaa over the weekend, a UN spokesperson said Monday. Stéphane Dujarric, the UN...

Is the Gaza war being fought for a new transport corridor between India and Europe?

The project, named the India-Middle East Economic Corridor, is widely seen as an American alternative to China’s global infrastructure strategy, the Belt and Road Initiative. Join us on Telegram, Twitter, and VK. Contact us:...

A Fire Aboard a Gas Tanker off the Coast of Yemen Kills Two Mariners

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press409 words DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire that erupted on a Cameroonian-flagged gas tanker traveling through the Gulf of Aden killed two mariners on board, authorities said Monday, as the ship remained...

Seven Palestinians killed in new Israeli attacks on Gaza; Trump starts construction on privately funded $200 million White House ballroom

Gaza’s Health Ministry reports 13 Palestinians killed—including seven killed in new Israeli attacks—with six recovered from under the rubble and at least eight wounded arriving at hospitals in the past 24 hours. Hamas says it will hand over the...

US troops in Kiryat Gat overseeing Gaza truce turn sleepy city into unexpected hotspot

JTA — At one of Kiryat Gat’s main shopping complexes, US Army camouflage does everything but blend in. American troops in fatigues move between shawarma stands and gym shoe stores — a new presence in the southern industrial city and part of a...

Yemen’s Al-Alimi Urges Global Action Against Iran-Armed Houthis

As Yemen’s president calls for an international military alliance against the Houthis at the UN General Assembly, the world faces a stark choice between intervention and restraint in one of the 21st century’s most devastating humanitarian crises....

Yemen : UN Condemns Houthi Espionage Allegations as "Disturbing and Dangerous," Demands Immediate Release of Detained Staff

Aden -- United Nations has rejected accusations by Yemen’s Houthi authorities that UN personnel were involved in espionage activities, calling the claims “extremely disturbing and dangerous.” The organization urged the immediate and unconditional...

Yemen’s President Urges Global Alliance Against Iranian-Armed Houthis

President Al-Alimi’s call for an international military alliance against the Houthis forces the global community to confront an agonizing choice between deepening Yemen’s humanitarian disaster and allowing Iran’s regional influence to expand...