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Last minute issue halts launch of Boeing's first astronaut flight

Two NASA astronauts were strapped into the company's Starliner capsule and awaiting liftoff when the countdown was halted at three minutes and 50 seconds

Japan billionaire cancels moon trip due to uncertainty over SpaceX rocket

Maezawa was aiming the moon trip for 2023, a target seen by most space observers as overly optimistic given the progress of SpaceX's Spaceship mega-rocket project

Hostage families seek ceasefire deal by Biden; Israel sets conditions

Biden outlined a three-phase deal Friday proposed by Israel to Hamas, saying the militant group is no longer capable of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel

Hard to meet discussions on Russia-Ukraine war, says China citing problems

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that China's hopes appear to be hard to meet at the meeting"

Trump, his lawyers confused about the gag order after his conviction

I don't want President Trump to violate the gag order, Trump's lawyer Blanche said

War with China neither imminent nor unavoidable: US Defence secy Austin

Neither side budged from their longstanding positions on Taiwan which China claims as its own and has not ruled out using force to take and on China's sweeping claims in the South China Sea

Republicans join Trump's attacks on justice system, campaign of vengeance

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said she's voting for Trump whether he is a free man or a prisoner of the Biden regime

FIFA adopts protocols to support players during pregnancy, after birth

While the players' maternity leave was previously adopted in 2020, the new rules extend it to coaches, non-biological and adoptive mothers

15 yrs on, Tamil survivors of Lanka civil war live in fear, disempowerment

Sri Lanka's government had promised the United Nations and countries like India and the United States that they would share power with the Tamil-majority areas to resolve the causes

Trump's lawyer says was 'shocked' ex-Prez took verdict with 'solemness'

A jury of a dozen New Yorkers convicted Trump on all counts of falsifying business records, a felony punishable by either incarceration, probation or a fine

UN votes to end Iraq's mission established after invasion toppled Saddam

The council's action came as Iraq is also seeking to wind down the military coalition formed to fight the IS

US, allies clash with China and Russia over North Korea's launches

The scene was an emergency open meeting of the UN Security Council called after North Korea's failed launch of a military reconnaissance satellite on May 27

War on coal rhetoric heats up as Biden aims to curb pollution as polls loom

US coal consumption dropped precipitously over the past decade as cheap natural gas and renewables expanded

Texas SC rejects challenge to state's abortion law over medical exceptions

The court ruled that state law does not require that a woman's death or serious impairment be imminent when being evaluated by a doctor for an abortion

FDA warns against infant formula by Texas firm due to contamination

The Food and Drug Administration issued the alert Friday on Crecelac Infant Powdered Goat Milk Infant Formula, after a sample collected from a Texas store tested positive for cronobacter

Pentagon chief extends deployment of aircraft carrier, ships in Red sea

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin signed the order last week to extend the four ships' deployment for a second time, rather than bring the carrier, the USS Dwight D Eisenhower, and its three warships

Turkish drone strikes kill 4 US-backed fighters in Syria: Kurdish group

Turkiye considers the Kurdish militia group, known as the People's Protection Units, as a terrorist group linked to an outlawed Kurdish group that has led an insurgency in Turkiye since 1984

Trump's NY case was 1st of 4 to go to trial, could be last one for a while

The federal case charging Trump with conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election, one of two brought by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, was initially set for trial on March 4

France files charges against teen accused of plan to attack Olympic fans

The man is accused of planning a 'violent action' on behalf of the Islamic State group's jihadist ideology, the national counterterrorism prosecutor's office said in a statement Friday

Hamas 'no longer capable' of carrying out another major attack: Biden

Cease-fire talks ground to a halt at the beginning of the month after a major push by the US and other mediators to secure a deal, in hopes of averting a planned Israeli invasion of Rafah's south