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☆ What happens if you break the law in space — and 3 times people or governments have tested the rules
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In 1967, 112 nations signed the Outer Space Treaty that laid the foundation for international space law. In 1967, more than 100 nations signed the Outer Space Treaty — essentially, the Magna Carta of space law. It also bans one nation from claiming outer space and celestial bodies. Leaders of spacefaring nations signing the Outer Space Treaty in 1967. From destructive missile tests to missing a tax deadline to go on a last-minute mission, here's how space law has been tested thus far.

☆ Russia summons British ambassador over drone strike on Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] British Ambassador to Russia Deborah Bronnert arrives at the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters, as activists hold a protest against what Russia's officials said to be the involvement of British specialists in a Ukrainian drone strike on its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, in Moscow, Russia November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovNov 3 (Reuters) - Russia summoned the British ambassador on Thursday over Moscow's claim that British navy personnel were involved in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Crimea. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday the ambassador was to be summoned over Saturday's drone attack on Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. After the drone attack, Russia temporarily suspended participation in a U.N.-brokered Black Sea Grain deal. Russia casts Britain as a particularly perfidious Western power which President Vladimir Putin says is plotting to destroy Russia and carve up its vast natural resources.

☆ Putin orders partial Russian mobilisation, warns West over nuclear blackmail
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Guy Faulconbridge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The blunt warning from Russia's paramount leader, whose country has more nuclear warheads than even the United States, marks the biggest escalation of the war in Ukraine since Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion. Putin said he had signed a decree on a partial mobilisation. The mobilisation, which affects anyone who has served as a professional soldier in Russia rather than a conscript, begins immediately. Putin said his aim was to "liberate" east Ukraine's Donbas region, and that most people living in regions under Russian control did not want to be ruled by Kyiv anymore. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Guy Faulconbridge; Editing by Andrew OsbornOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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