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Rocket company postpones 10th test-flight to troubleshoot issue at Texas launch site.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has called off a planned test flight of its Starship megarocket following an issue at the launch site.

About 30 minutes before the planned liftoff at its Texas launch facility on Sunday, SpaceX said that it was abandoning its 10th test flight to “allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems”.

SpaceX said it would attempt the launch again on Monday.

The launch failure is the…

The military said some troops are now carrying guns as Trump claims there is now ‘no crime’ in the US capital.

National Guard troops patrolling the United States capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms, the military said on Sunday.

“Starting the late evening of August 24, 2025, [Joint Task Force-DC] service members began carrying their service-issued weapon,” the Joint Task Force-DC said in a statement.

The troops are only authorised to use…

Seoul, South Korea – South Korean President Lee Jae-myung is set to meet United States President Donald Trump for the first time in a high-stakes visit to his country’s closest and most important ally.

After a one-day meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo, Lee arrived in Washington, DC, on Sunday ahead of an official working-level meeting at the White House with Trump.

It will be the first time the two heads of state meet.

Their summit follows a trade deal in July in…

Earlier this month, Slovenia joined Spain and Belgium in imposing an arms embargo on Israel.

Germany followed suit, partially, halting the sale of weapons to Israel that could be used in Gaza “until further notice”.

The Netherlands has also imposed a partial ban on parts for Israeli fighter jets, while Italy suspended all new military exports to Israel in October.

But it is…

Foreign Ministry calls Charles Kushner’s claim that Paris is not doing enough to combat anti-Semitism ‘unacceptable’.

France has summoned the US ambassador, Charles Kushner, after he wrote a letter to President Emmanuel Macron alleging that Paris had failed to do enough to stem anti-Semitic violence, a French Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson says.

Kushner published the open letter in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, in which he focused on France’s criticism of Israel –…

Here is how things stand on Monday, August 25:

Fighting

• Russian forces shelled Ukraine’s Donetsk region 23 times in a day, killing one person in Kostiantynivka, Governor Vadym Filashkin said in a post on Telegram on Sunday.
• Russian forces launched shelling and drone attacks on Ukraine’s Kherson region, killing one person and injuring two others, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote in a post on Telegram on Sunday.
• A Russian drone attack killed a 47-year-old woman in the Dubovykivska…