Volcano erupts in northern Ethiopia, sending ash plumes toward Yemen and Oman

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A long-dormant volcano erupted in northern Ethiopia over the weekend, sending ash plumes across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar ...

Gunmen attack the governor of Taiz's motorcade, killing 5 security officers

Gunmen have opened fire on the governor of Taiz's motorcade, killing at least five security officers and wounding two others. The attack happened Monday on a key road linking Taiz to the rest ...

Satellite Photos Capture Volcanic Eruption From Space

Satellite images have captured a rare volcanic eruption that occurred Sunday at Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano, sending ...

Houthi court in Yemen hands down death sentences to 17 people accused of spying

A Houthi-controlled court in Yemen has sentenced 17 people to death for allegedly spying for foreign governments.
FIFA

Al Zubaidi: We want to change Yemen’s image

Forward turned defender Harwan Al Zubaidi on leaving Sanaa’s streets for an American deli, hardship, dreams and a determination to put Yemen on the map at the FIFA Arab Cup.

Countries Considered Dangerous to Visit in 2025, Studies Suggest

Venezuela: The World’s Most Dangerous Country for Travelers Venezuela was rated the world’s most dangerous country with a ...

Yemen’s Houthi rebels signal that they’ve stopped attacks on Israel and Red Sea shipping

Yemen’s Houthi rebels are signaling they’ve stopped their attacks against Israel and shipping in the Red Sea as a shaky ...
Lehigh Valley Live

California voters approve new US House map to boost Democrats in 2026

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California voters approved new congressional district boundaries Tuesday, delivering a victory for Democrats in the state-by-state redistricting battle that will help determine ...
UNHCR

Yemen: Needs grow for millions displaced amid catastrophic flooding and prolonged humanitarian emergency

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that millions of displaced Yemenis face worsening conditions as Yemen’s prolonged crisis deepens. This is according to the findings of a latest UNHCR ...
PBS

Houthi rebels raid a UN facility in Yemen’s capital, but all staff are reported safe

CAIRO (AP) — Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Saturday raided a U.N. facility in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, a U.N. official said, but all staff were reported to be safe. Jean Alam, a spokesman for the U.N ...
IEEE

MapEx: Indoor Structure Exploration with Probabilistic Information Gain from Global Map Predictions

Abstract: Exploration is a critical challenge in robotics, centered on understanding unknown environments. In this work, we focus on structured indoor environments, which often exhibit predictable, ...
IEEE

Hybrid Decision Making for Scalable Multi-Agent Navigation: Integrating Semantic Maps, Discrete Coordination, and Model Predictive Control

Abstract: This paper presents a framework for multi-agent navigation in structured but dynamic environments, integrating three key components: a shared semantic map encoding metric and semantic ...