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US nuclear tests could spur dangerous domino effect, says Russia

GENEVA, Feb 24 (AFP/Reuters): Moscow voiced alarm Tuesday at Washington's assertion it will resume nuclear testing to match alleged secret explosions by China and Russia, warning such a move would spark a dangerous "domino effect".Speaking before the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Russian ambassador Gennady Gatilov decried US President Donald...

Hamas calls for sanctions against Israel over new West Bank moves

GAZA, Feb 24 (AFP): Hamas on Tuesday called for sanctions against Israel, welcoming a joint condemnation by nearly 20 countries of new Israeli measures aimed at tightening control over the occupied West Bank.Israel has approved a series of initiatives this month backed by far-right ministers, including launching a process to...

Spain's conservatives set terms for far-right alliance

MADRID, Feb 24 (AFP): Spain's main conservative Popular Party (PP) has published conditions for a possible alliance with the far-right Vox party, signaling how the two could cooperate after a general election expected in 2027.While the date of the vote has not been set, polls suggest the PP is on...

Gunmen kill five Pak police, two civilians near Afghan border

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 24 (Reuters): Gunmen ambushed a police vehicle and killed five officials and two civilians in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, police said, as the South Asian nation struggles to quell a wave of militant attacks and faces renewed border tensions with Afghanistan.The ambush in Kohat city, situated...

Thailand, Cambodia dispute exchange of fire at border

BANGKOK, Feb 24 (AFP): Thailand's military said its troops exchanged fire with Cambodian forces along their border on Tuesday, accusing its neighbour of violating a December truce, while Phnom Penh denied the use of "any weapons".The Southeast Asian nations' decades-long border dispute erupted into several rounds of clashes last year,...

Yoon appeals insurrection verdict

SEOUL, Feb 24 (AFP): South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol has filed an appeal against an insurrection conviction stemming from his 2024 martial law declaration, his lawyers said Tuesday.The Seoul Central District Court found Yoon guilty last week of leading an insurrection designed to "paralyse" the National Assembly, and...