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Space. Marlink’s sale values maritime connectivity specialist at $1.4 billion (Jason Rainbow, Space News)

Private equity firm Providence Equity Partners has agreed to buy a majority stake in Marlink, valuing the maritime connectivity specialist at $1.4 billion. U.S.-based Providence...

Space. BAE Systems to acquire smallsat company In-Space Missions (Jeff Foust, Space News)

BAE Systems announced Sept. 14 that it will acquire In-Space Missions, a company that recently won a contract to build a British military satellite. BAE...

Space. South Korea seeks $553 million space budget for 2022 (Brian Berger, Space News)

In a bid to nurture its nascent domestic space sector, South Korea is seeking a 640 billion won ($553 million) annual space budget for...

Space. Planet provides data to federal civilian agencies under NASA contract (Debra Werner, Space News)

Researchers delving into climate change, biodiversity loss and other topics through work funded by U.S. federal civilian agencies and the National Science Foundation will...

Space. SpaceX launches first dedicated polar Starlink mission (Jeff Foust, Space News)

SpaceX launched its first dedicated polar Starlink mission Sept. 13 as the company moves into the next phase of deployment of its broadband satellite...

Space. Raymond: Small satellites and fast data transforming space business (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

Tiny but powerful spacecraft enabled by microelectronics and advanced propulsion is a transformative trend in the space industry that will benefit national security, Gen....

USA/Japan/South Korea/North Korea. US, Japan, South Korea nuclear envoys meet after Pyongyang test (Al Jazeera)

Top nuclear envoys from Japan, the United States and South Korea held talks in Tokyo on Tuesday to discuss North Korea’s missile and nuclear...

Afghanistan. Taliban broke promises on rights: Outgoing Afghan envoy to UN (Al Jazeera)

The Taliban has already broken its promises to safeguard women and protect human rights, and the international community must hold it to account, says...

Afghanistan. ‘Why are you out?’: Afghan women journalists recall Taliban sweep (Ali M Latifi, Al Jazeera)

In the days leading up to the Taliban takeover of Kabul on August 15, Sama (not her real name), a 27-year-old female journalist, says...

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