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Hoping to colonize Mars by 2117, UAE names two astronauts to go to International Space Station
The ruler of Dubai has announced the names of two astronauts from the United Arab Emirates who will be heading to the International Space Station, a first for the Gulf nation. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who also serves as the UAE's vice president ...
Saudi-led airstrike that left at least 51 dead on bus in Yemen is 'apparent war crime'
An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen that killed dozens of people last month is an "apparent war crime," an international rights group said Sunday. The report came days after U.N. human rights experts said all sides in the ...
Possible war crimes committed by all parties in Yemen: U.N. experts
U.N. human rights experts said Tuesday the governments of Yemen, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia may have been responsible for war crimes since Yemen's conflict intensified 3½ years ago, including rape, torture, arbitrary detention and use of child soldiers. Their report — the ...
Yemen's embattled president has demanded a full rebel withdrawal from conflict-hit Hodeida, a government source said, after talks with the U.N.'s top envoy on Wednesday in Aden. U.N. envoy Martin Griffiths met with President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, whose troops are battling the country's Houthi ...
Arab coalition troops stormed the airport in Yemen's main port Hodeida on Tuesday and captured large areas of the compound in battles with Iran-aligned Houthis, a Yemeni military source, the UAE news agency and local residents said. Residents of the strategic Red Sea city said ...
Arab forces seize entrances to airport in Yemen's main port city
Forces from an alliance of Arab states seized two entrances to the airport in Yemen's main port city on Friday, in an offensive against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement that the United Nations fears could trigger a famine imperilling millions of lives. The swift advance was ...
Saudi-led forces begin assault on Yemeni lifeline city of Hodeida
A Saudi-led coalition launched an assault on Yemen's main port city of Hodeida on Wednesday in the biggest battle of a three-year war between an alliance of Arab states and the Iran-aligned Houthis. Coalition warplanes and warships pounded Houthi fortifications to support ground operations by ...
GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley cool to calling Trump Jr. for hearing over alleged lying
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said Donald Trump Jr.'s lawyers should be asked about possible discrepancies between his private testimony to the committee and press reports, but he didn't endorse a Democratic proposal to bring him in for a public hearing. "I would suggest Mr. ...
Sony buys EMI Music Publishing in $1.9 billion deal to beef up music catalog
Sony announced it will acquire a majority stake in EMI, which holds rights to about 2.1 million songs, including from artists such as Pink and Kanye West.
Donald Trump Jr. draws Robert Mueller's scrutiny anew over more foreign campaign contacts
Donald Trump Jr. stayed out of his father's Washington to run the family business, but he keeps getting drawn back into special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the 2016 presidential campaign Trump Jr. was at the center of an infamous June 2016 Trump Tower meeting ...
Abe departs on five-nation Mideast tour to focus on energy, regional peace
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday left for a five-day tour of the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Palestine and Israel, in a trip aimed at bolstering cooperation with the region over energy and the Middle East peace process. "I intend to work for the Middle ...
The challenges of coaching basketball in Japan keep Samir St. Clair on a winning streak
