UN Security Council rejects Russia's space weapons resolution

The United Nations Security Council rejected a Russian-backed resolution that called to prevent the deployment of weapons in space after the U.S., France and the U.K. all voted against the measure.

The final vote was 7-7 with one abstention. In favor of the measure was Algeria, China, Ecuador, Guyana, Mozambique, Russia, and Sierra Leone.

Against the resolution was France, Japan, Malta, the Republic of Korea, Slovenia, the U.K., and the U.S., with Switzerland abstaining. The U.S....