MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge has ordered the release of two people arrested last month on suspicion of exalting Islamic extremism, saying evidence against them appeared to have been planted by a police informer.
The full weight of the law must be brought against the ‘antifascists’ who brutally beat a woman, reportedly for wearing a bracelet bearing the national flag, Spain’s interior minister said on Tuesday.
MADRID (AFP) – Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warned Tuesday that Britain’s exit from the EU posed a severe threat to the country’s recovering economy, and made a plea for cohesion in Europe.
A Mexican woman arrested near the Spanish city of Madrid is facing various charges in connection with promoting the spread of terror groups and providing material support. The woman had become radicalized in the Mexican border state of Nuevo León.
A Spanish climber who was part of a team attempting to summit Mount Everest in winter has been evacuated from the mountain, expedition organisers said Monday. Carlos Rubio, 28, and compatriot Alex Txikon, 35, have been on Everest since early
MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say 75 people have been arrested and more than 3,500 stolen artifacts and pieces of art seized in a joint operation with 17 other European countries that dismantled an international cultural goods trafficking ring. Authorities
In an interview with Spain’s flagship leftist newspaper, Pope Francis warned against rash judgments of President Donald Trump, noting that he deserves to be given a chance to prove himself.
Spanish police say migrants have attempted close to 500 illegal border crossings in just one month by trying to hide on passenger and cargo boats landing on its southern coast.
An LGBT rights group has sparked controversy after distributing material to Spanish preschools and primary schools that speaks of “trans animals”.
Spain’s Supreme Court has sentenced a rapper musician to a year in prison for exalting terrorism and humiliating terrorism victims in Twitter messages.
Topless, feminist activists have overrun the unveiling of a wax statue of President-Elect Donald J. Trump in Spain, screaming “grab patriarchy by the b*lls”.
MADRID (AP) — Spanish officials say police have arrested a Moroccan boxing coach suspected of heading a cell that spread propaganda and recruited militants for the Islamic State armed group.
MADRID — Patxi Lopez, a former governor for the Basque region of Spain, says he will run in the Socialists’ leadership primary and hopes to lead the party to a national resurgence. Lopez made his announcement Sunday in Madrid and
Four people with suspected links to Islamic State jihadists were arrested Friday in separate incidents in Spain and Hungary, with several weapons also being seized, authorities said.
Spanish police have arrested two people for terrorism offenses linked to the Islamic State armed group.
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s ambassador to the United Kingdom resigned Thursday amid increasing calls for him to be sacked over his handling of 75 deaths in a 2003 crash of a military jet.
A poster campaign depicting naked children with genitalia of the opposite sex has hit cities across northern Spain thanks to an anonymous American donor.
Laws that promote gender ideology “undermine the foundations of the family”, something which in turn leads to “social problems such as juvenile delinquency, drug abuse, prostitution and violence against women”, a senior cardinal has said.
The Spanish government could designate major Muslim feasts as public holidays, a senior diplomat has said. Javier Herrera-García Canturri, a career diplomat who currently advises the country’s Ministry of Justice on inter-faith relations, said the government was “considering” the move
Footage has emerged of the “extremely violent and organised” attempt by 1,100 African migrants to break into the Spanish enclave Ceuta on Sunday.
Madrid (AFP) – More than 1,000 migrants tried to jump a high double fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Sunday in a violent assault that saw one officer lose an eye, local authorities said.
Dozens of cribs have been placed at Madrid’s Puerta de Alcalá to protest the far left mayor’s decision to abolish the city’s traditional Nativity display.
MADRID (AP) — Spanish and French police have made five arrests after discovering a suspected weapons trove for the Basque militant group ETA in southern France, the French interior minister said Saturday. Bruno Le Roux said in a statement that
A sex shop in Spain has been condemned by Christian groups after displaying a “nativity scene” showing the Virgin Mary, St Joseph and the baby Jesus painted on ceramic dildos. Non Sit Peccatum (Latin for ‘not a sin’), which is
The King of Spain has called for Europe to “respect” its Judeo-Christian heritage, as he received a top award for countering anti-Semitism. King Felipe VI was awarded the Lord Jakobovits Prize of European Jewry on Monday in recognition of his
Spain’s recently re-elected Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has vowed to fight the growing tide of populism across Europe, calling on European leaders do as much as possible to improve their economies and increase employment, but saying little about immigration.
Around 400 migrants stormed the 20-foot high barrier between Morroco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta early Friday morning leading to over a hundred injuries.
Spanish police said Wednesday they had smashed a criminal gang of Iranians and Pakistanis who preyed on tourists in Barcelona by posing as police, just days after dismantling a similar ring in Madrid.
JERUSALEM – An Israel-Spain World Cup qualifying match will be played in the northern Spanish city of Gijon, prompting outrage among Israeli officials because of city’s blanket boycott of Israel.
MÁLAGA (SPAIN) (AFP) – Spanish authorities said 92 migrants travelling in five makeshift boats were rescued off Spain’s coast on Saturday, as an increasing number of migrants seek to reach Europe via the country.
Actress Amy Schumer isn’t planning on moving out of the United States after all.
Animals are as victimised by gender violence as women are, a doctor has claimed. Refusing to make a distinction between “human animals” and “non-human animals”, Dr Núria Querol said woman and pets were both equally victims of male aggression. In
About 220 African migrants forced their way through a barbed wire fence into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta on Monday, clashing with Spanish police who tried to prevent them from crossing the border with Morocco.
Spain turns the page on a 10-month political crisis Saturday as lawmakers ready to vote the conservatives back in power, although at the head of a government with unprecedented opposition.
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Around 40 illegal migrants who were due for deportation, mainly from Algeria, have held a rowdy protest in Spain, smashing furniture before climbing onto the roof of their accommodation.
MADRID (AP) — Several hundred people have protested in Madrid against the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a major free trade deal between the United States and the European Union. The protesters Saturday also urged officials not to approve the
About 70 sub-Saharan African migrants forced their way over a barbed wire barrier into Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla on Thursday.
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia’s parliament voted in favour on Thursday of pursuing a referendum on independence next September amid mounting tensions with Spain’s central government over whether the northeastern region can legally break away. The referendum poses a new headache
MADRID (AP) — Authorities say an explosion at a cafe in southern Spain has injured 90 people at a local festival, five of them seriously. The Saturday night explosion occurred at around 7 p.m. in Velez-Malaga, a small town neighboring
