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Mockup of the Buran-Energia space system. © Sputnik / Sergey Mamontov Russian space agency Roscosmos is considering building a spaceplane powered by a nuclear reactor, according to a memo obtained by a Russian news agency. The move could “reshape” the market for space launches, the document says. A rocket plane is an aircraft powered by […]

The Sohae Satellite Launching Station launch pad features what researchers of Beyond Parallel, a CSIS project, describe as showing the partially rebuilt rail-mounted rocket transfer structure in a commercial satellite image taken over Tongchang-ri, North Korea on March 2 [CSIS/Beyond Parallel/DigitalGlobe 2019 via Reuters] North Korea has restored part of a missile launch site it had […]

Women walk with children near the village of Baghouz in the Deir Az Zor province [File: Rodi Said/Reuters] Thousands of people, including armed fighters, have left the last area held by ISIL in Syria, a spokesperson for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said. Mostafa Bali of the SDF tweeted that about 3,000 people had come out of the […]

Rep. Elijah Cummings’ letter comes a day after The New York Times reported that President Donald Trump ordered his former chief of staff John Kelly last year to grant a top-secret security clearance to Jared Kushner. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo   House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings on Friday accused the White House of […]

The German government’s ‘Konrad Adenauer’ Airbus A340-313 is one of the two diplomatic aircraft maintained by the Luftwaffe. German governmental aircraft have recently developed a reputation for breaking down during diplomatic trips German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas was left stuck in Mali on Thursday after his official government airplane ran into technical problems, the latest […]

Indian pilot was captured after Pakistan Air force shot down two Indian fighter jets. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB Captured Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has been transported to the Wagah Border ahead of his repatriation to India. His return is a goodwill gesture from Pakistan aimed to de-escalate rising tensions with India. Official formalities, including the signing […]

(AP-Yonhap) Kim is set to leave Hanoi on Saturday via train through China. Kim arrived in Hanoi on Tuesday after a 66-hour train journey from Pyongyang. According to South Korean news reports, there is speculation that Kim may meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on his way back to Pyongyang. Kim’s official visit to Vietnam follows […]

Heavy gunfire rang out across central Mogadishu on Friday as Somali troops battled to dislodge insurgents holed up next to a hotel they bombed the previous evening, and as the death toll stemming from that attack neared 30. Al Shabaab fighters set off two bombs outside the Hotel Maka al-Mukarama before retreating to an adjacent […]

  3.10 PM President Trump has left the Mariott Hotel and is heading towards Noi Bai International Airport, bound for Air Force 1 and Washington DC. 2.53 PM The press conference ends. President Trumps leaves for the Air Force 1 to return to Washington DC 2.50 PM The DPRK’s official KCNA reported that a foreign […]