Gunmen sent by Moscow killed defector sheltering in Alicante, Spanish intelligence services say (english.elpais.com)
Spain’s Foreign Ministry will send a strong response if the involvement of Russian secret services in the crime is proven...
Russian Olympic Committee loses appeal against suspension by the IOC (apnews.com)
White House scrambles for legal loopholes in Yemen war (thecradle.co)
Indian port workers refuse to handle Israel weapon shipments (www.independent.co.uk)
Germany legalizes recreational cannabis use (www.cnn.com)
US intelligence casts doubt on Israeli claims of UNRWA-Hamas links, report says | Israel-Gaza war (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-FBI source charged with Biden lies is tied to Russian intelligence, prosecutors say (www.npr.org)
Stroking the ego: Hungary’s Orbán gives his nod to Sweden’s NATO bid (www.politico.eu)
Also helping was a deal to sell more Swedish jet fighters to Hungary....
Valencia fire: Ten bodies found as Spanish police search gutted flats (www.bbc.com)
Valencia fire latest: Death toll rises after fire in Valencia apartment blocks - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Israel plans to build 3,300 new settlement homes. It says it's a response to a Palestinian attack (www.independent.co.uk)
Government to issue notice to Google over ‘illegal’ response to question on Prime Minister by its AI (indianexpress.com)
With army in charge, no more jacuzzis and clubs in Ecuador jail (www.france24.com)
Exclusive: Chinese police work in Kiribati, Hawaii's Pacific neighbour (www.reuters.com)
SYDNEY, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Chinese police are working in the remote atoll nation of Kiribati, a Pacific Ocean neighbour of Hawaii, with uniformed officers involved in community policing and a crime database program, Kiribati officials told Reuters....
Argentine austerity anger mounts, but govt says its working (www.france24.com)
Putin Fears Navalny Funeral Could Trigger Mass Demonstrations, Khodorkovsky Says (www.rferl.org)
The government of Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely refusing to release the body of opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, who died suspiciously in prison on February 16, because it fears a massive outpouring of grief and support just ahead of the March presidential election, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a leading Russian...
How a secretive Ethiopian security committee ordered killings, arrests: Reuters (www.reuters.com)
A secretive committee of senior officials in Ethiopia’s largest and most populous region, Oromiya, has ordered extra-judicial killings and illegal detentions to crush an insurgency there, a Reuters investigation has found. Reuters interviewed more than 30 federal and local officials, judges, lawyers and victims of abuses by...
US tells allies Russia could launch space nuke this year: NYT (thehill.com)
The U.S. informed its NATO and Asian allies that Russia could deploy a nuclear weapon into space this year after details of American intelligence assessments of its ambitions circulated last week, according to The New York Times....
Nova partygoer was misidentified as Hamas terrorist on Oct. 7, killed by Israeli forces (www.haaretz.com)
Ofek Atun escaped the outdoor Nova rave with his girlfriend. They survived the assault on the bomb shelter in which they took refuge, before fleeing to nearby Kibbutz Alumim. The kibbutz’s volunteer security squad mistook them for Hamas terrorists – and opened fire
Government threat report warns about attacks in Canada inspired by Hamas-Israel conflict | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
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Germany joins legal cannabis club (www.reuters.com)
Exclusive: Iran sends Russia hundreds of ballistic missiles (www.reuters.com)
Netanyahu seeks open-ended control over security and civilian affairs in Gaza in new postwar plan (apnews.com)
US returns to lunar surface for first time in over 50 years: ‘Welcome to the moon’ (www.theguardian.com)
Intuitive Machines’ spacecraft Odysseus lands after a 73-minute descent, touching down near moon’s south pole...
Moscow bans more EU officials and politicians from Russia in response to sanctions (www.reuters.com)
Russia’s foreign ministry said on Friday it had significantly expanded a list of European Union officials and politicians banned from entering Russia in response to the latest round of sanctions by the bloc....
