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Musk's threat to pull Dragon capsule leaves Nasa reliant solely on Russia

Russia's Soyuz capsules are the only other means of getting crews to the space station right now

US hiring slowed to 130K new jobs amid uncertainty over Trump's policies

Mainstream economists expect Trump's policies to take a toll on America's economy, the world's largest

Asian shares mostly rose on Friday ahead of US Jobs Report update

The US Labor Department is due to report how many more jobs US employers created than destroyed during May. The expectation on Wall Street is for a slowdown in hiring from April

North Korea raises capsized destroyer upright as it continues repairs

Satellite images taken Thursday by Planet Labs PBC analysed by The Associated Press showed the stricken destroyer upright and floating, the damage was not immediatly clear in the images

US slams ICC judges with sanctions over investigation into Israel

The State Department said Thursday that it would freeze any assets that the ICC judges, who come from Benin, Peru, Slovenia and Uganda, have in US jurisdictions

US declines to label China a currency manipulator, but blasts its policies

A Treasury official told reporters previewing the report that the US could in the future find evidence that China is manipulating its currency

UNGA set to push for two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

France and Saudi Arabia are co-chairing the conference, which the U.N. General Assembly is holding from June 17 to June 20 in New York

NATO on cusp of accepting Trump's 5% defence investment demand, says Rutte

There's broad support, Rutte told reporters after chairing a meeting of NATO defense ministers at the alliance's Brussels headquarters

Israel strikes Beirut suburbs targeting Hezbollah drone production sites

The strikes, which hit eight buildings at four locations, marked the first time in more than a month that Israel had struck on the outskirts of the capital

Chad announces suspension of US visas in response to Trump's travel ban

President Donald Trump on Wednesday resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term when he announced the visa ban on 12 countries

Australia beats second-string Japan, On brink of 2026 WC qualification

A last-minute goal from Aziz Behich gave Australia a 1-0 win over Japan in Perth on Thursday and put the Socceroos within touching distance of the 2026 World Cup.

Trump's travel ban on a dozen countries set to take effect on Monday

The countries include Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen

Trump speaks with Xi over tariffs amid stalled talks between US, China

I like President XI of China, always have, and always will, but he is VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!!!, Trump posted Wednesday on his social media site

South Korea passes bills calling for special probes into Yoon, his wife

The bills were previously vetoed by Yoon and South Korea's caretaker government after his December 14 impeachment over the martial law debacle

Nato set to approve new military purchases as part of defence spending hike

The 'capability targets' lay out plans for each of the 32 nations to purchase priority equipment like air and missile defence systems, artillery, ammunition, drones

China: Warrants for alleged Taiwanese hackers issued, business banned

Police in the southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou said hackers were led by a man named Ning Enwei on behalf of Taiwan's independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party

Maori Haka protest: New Zealand parliament votes for suspensions of 3 MPs

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke received a seven-day ban and her colleagues from Te Pati Maori, the Maori Party, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, are barred for 21 days

Russian strike kills 5, including 1 year old, hours after Trump calls Putin

Six more people were wounded in the attack and have been hospitalised, Chaus said. According to him, six Shahed-type drones struck residential areas of Pryluky early Thursday morning

Over 1.5 million foreign pilgrims arrive in Saudi Arabia for Hajj

On Wednesday, pilgrims streamed into Arafat, some making the journey on foot, carrying their luggage through temperatures nudging 40 degrees Celsius

Will 'unconditionally support' Russia's war against Ukraine: Kim Jong Un

In April, North Korea and Russia confirmed for the first time that their troops were jointly deployed, with soldiers from both nations fighting together against a Ukrainian incursion in Russia's Kursk