LOS ANGELES -- NASA and Boeing delayed again the launch of the first crewed mission of the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) to no earlier than May 25, the agency said on Friday.

The spacecraft was previously scheduled to launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket on May 6 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the U.S. state of Florida. (US-NASA-Boeing)

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CAPE TOWN -- Search and rescue efforts at the site of a recent building collapse in South Africa, which claimed the lives of at least 33 people, were concluded on Friday, said local authorities.

The multi-story building under construction in the coastal city of George, the Western Cape Province, collapsed last week. (South Africa-Collapse-Rescue)

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SEOUL -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted a test fire of tactical ballistic missile using a new autonomous navigation system in its eastern waters on Friday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Saturday.

The accuracy and reliability of the autonomous navigation system were verified through the test fire, the KCNA report said. (DPRK-Missile Test)

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RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked a target in the Palestinian city of Jenin in the northern West Bank Friday night, killing at least one and injuring eight others.

Medical sources told Xinhua that at least one person was killed and eight others injured in the airstrike on the Jenin refugee camp. (Israel-West Bank-Attack) Enditem

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