On Sept. 29, 1977, the Salyut 6 space station launched into orbit. This was the eighth space station the Soviet Union ...

The Union State is a special institution for us, and Belarus is our partner, Head of the Russian State Corporation Roscosmos ...

Vladimir Komarov, a seasoned Soviet cosmonaut, became the first human to lose his life during a space mission on April 24, 1967. Tasked with testing the experimental Soyuz 1 spacecraft, he faced ...

SCOTTISH writer Gregory Burke has been reminiscing about the play that launched his career. It has been nearly 25 years since Gagarin Way was performed on the stage at the Traverse Theatre in ...

On Sept. 26, 1983, a Russian Soyuz rocket exploded on the launchpad. Two cosmonauts were inside the spacecraft, and they ...

According to previous Gulf News reports, Hazzaa carried a 100% silk UAE flag, 30 Al Ghaf seeds, the Qur’an, a picture of ...

On Sept. 27, 1996, the Taliban, the extremist Islamic movement in Afghanistan, drove the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, the capital, and executed former President Najibullah ...

Today is Saturday, Sept. 27, the 270th day of 2025. There are 95 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1996, the Taliban, the extremist Islamic movement in Afghanistan, drove the government of ...

There are some obvious things banned on the ISS, such as an open flame, but then something as innocuous as a pen is also ...

Covert operations in waters surrounding the British Isles pose a grave threat to critical infrastructure and a fresh challenge to Nato ...

Mark Porter heads to Kyrgyzstan, to find out why it's known as the 'Switzerland' of Central Asia, with its vast forests, ...

The U.S.-based Antifa movement has embraced the label and symbols of Germany's "Antifaschistische Aktion" — a Communist group ...