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UAE’s first astronaut, Hazzaa AlMansoori is holding a question and answer session with with UAE leaders and citizens – particularly the youth – on Friday, showing the world what life is like on the International Space station, how he will be praying, what he’ll be eating among other mission-related questions. …

Hazzaa Al Mansoori, the first Emirati astronaut, began his missions immediately after arriving safely at the International Space Station (ISS). AlMansoori arrived at 2:12am UAE time, on September 26 2019, aboard the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-15, along with Russia’s cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, and US astronaut Jessica Meir. The Mohammed bin …

The UAE signed a mutual visa exemption agreement today with the Republic of Kiribati to exempt their nationals from obtaining entry visa for each other’s territories. The agreement will come into force as of October 23, 2019 and is expected to facilitate travel between the two countries and encourage increased …

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) on Thursday announced the partial closure of a road in Deira. In a tweet, RTA announced that two out of the three lanes from Al Rasheed Road will be closed from 11pm this Thursday until 6am on Saturday.  “To users of Al Rasheed Road, …

DUBAI, 26th September, 2019 (WAM) — The United Arab Emirates is ranked first in the Arab region and 12th globally among highly competitive countries in the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2019. According to the report, issued by the IMD World Competitiveness Centre, the UAE has advanced five positions from …

The Public Prosecution referred five Asian men to Dubai Criminal Court after being charged with stealing seven transformers, several electric cables and other electric items costing Dhs1,343,642 from two plants of a utilities authority in the Dubai Industrial City. Two security guards teamed up with two countrymen to steal Dhs1.3m …

His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, approved on Wednesday 161 jobs for 75 men and 86 women in Sharjah. The employment cases were approved by the Ruler of Sharjah on urgent basis on humanitarian grounds: 47 cases of orphans (death …

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his joy on first Emirati’s astronaut, Hazzaa AlMansoori’s successful start to his space mission, and congratulated UAE’s leaders on the achievement. Modi took to Twitter on Wednesday night to congratulate AlMansoori on the ‘fabulous journey into outer space’ – lauding the vision of UAE’s …

As many as 18 families were evacuated and provided temporary accommodation in hotels after a massive fire broke out in a 43-storeyed residential tower in Al Majaz 2 on Tuesday night. The firefighters of Sharjah Civil Defence managed to put out the blaze in an hour and no causalities were …

Soyuz MS-15 carrying astro hazaa’s crew has successfully docked with the International Space Station.