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Astronaut trio touch back to Earth after half-a-year amid stars

A trio of space travellers, on NASA’s 63rd long term expedition, safely returned to Earth on Thursday after a six-month mission on the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-16 capsule carrying astronauts US space agency NASA’s Chris Cassidy, and Russian state corp Roscosmos’ Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan southeast […]

Emirates soars to highest cloud with ‘Best Airline Worldwide’ award for the seventh consecutive year

Emirates has earned the top spot at the Business Traveller Middle East Awards 2020, sweeping away four awards, including the coveted ‘Best Airline Worldwide’ award for the seventh consecutive year. The other three bagged titles were the ‘Airline with the Best First Class’, ‘Airline with Best Cabin Crew’ and ‘Best Airport Lounge in the Middle […]

Islamic bloc supports Sudan’s dismissal off U.S. blacklist, calls it ‘important step’ for the ailing country’s future

Dr. Yousef Al Othaimeen, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OIC, has welcomed US President Donald Trump’s announcement to remove Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list, describing it as an “important step for the future of Sudan.” Dr. Al Othaimeen stated that the announcement culminates the efforts of the transitional government of […]

Govt-critical Thai TV station shutdown over ‘violations’

A Thai court on Tuesday ordered the suspension of an online TV station critical of the government, which has accused it of violating emergency measures aimed at ending three months of protests. Voice TV had also been found to have breached the Computer Crime Act by uploading “false information,” digital ministry spokesman Putchapong Nodthaisong told […]

Emirates inks out celebratory ‘Mars Mission’ stamps to honour historic mission to Red Planet’s orbit

Emirates Post, in collaboration with Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre and the UAE Space Agency, issued on Tuesday the distinctive commemorative stamp ‘Emirates Mars Mission – Hope Probe’ to celebrate the UAE’s historic first mission to the Mars and its broader space ambitions. The commemorative stamps feature four different images, two of which illustrate the […]

Indonesia rejects U.S. navy’s ‘Poseidon’, no leave to land, re-fuel on its grounds

Indonesia rejected this year a proposal by the United States to allow its P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance planes to land and refuel there, according to four senior Indonesian officials familiar with the matter. U.S. officials made multiple “high-level” approaches in July and August to Indonesia’s defence and foreign ministers before Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, rebuffed […]

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