Socotra is a remote island in the Indian Ocean, home to unique plant and animal species, with a distinct Bedouin culture and the unwritten Socotri language, and is part of Yemen.
Part of China’s largest rocket which has been launched recently crashed over the Indian Ocean on Sunday 31st July.
An agreement China signed with the Maldives to build an observatory in the Indian Ocean is likely to be scrapped, after Indian’s relations with Maldives improves.