World Sep 21 Toxic gas and new rivers of molten lava endanger Spanish island As a new volcanic vent blew open and unstoppable rivers of molten rock flowed toward the sea, authorities on a Spanish island warned Tuesday that more dangers lie ahead for residents, including earthquakes, lava flows, toxic gases, volcanic ash and…
World Sep 20 Nobody hurt but much damage in Spanish volcano eruption Giant rivers of lava are tumbling slowly but relentlessly toward the sea after a volcano erupted on a Spanish island off northwest Africa.
Politics Jun 23 McAfee antivirus software creator dead in Spanish prison The eccentric cryptocurrency promoter and tax opponent whose history of legal troubles spanned from Tennessee to Central America to the Caribbean was discovered dead in his jail cell near Barcelona in an apparent suicide.
World Jun 22 Catalan separatists eye freedom after Spain’s Cabinet pardon Nine Catalan separatist leaders jailed for sedition are eyeing freedom, after Spain’s Cabinet pardoned them in the hope of starting what Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a much-needed reconciliation.
World May 18 Spain, Morocco square off after 6,000 migrants arrive by sea Spain deployed its military to the Moroccan border Tuesday as thousands of Moroccans walked or swam onto European soil for the second day in a row after Rabat loosened border controls in a diplomatic spat.
World Apr 27 Wildlife preservationist Rory Young and two reporters killed in Burkina Faso The two journalists were working with the wildlife campaigner on a documentary about poachers in a national park bordering Benin when they were attacked by gunmen.
World Mar 10 Trans rights supporters on hunger strike in Spain over new law Transgender rights activists in Spain say they are going on hunger strike until the ruling left-wing coalition submits draft legislation to allow gender self-determination without a doctor’s diagnosis.
World Jan 20 Gas explosion rips through Madrid building, killing 4 A powerful gas explosion has torn through a residential building in central Madrid, killing four people and ripping the facade off the structure.
Health Jan 04 COVID-19 restrictions, Brexit cause worry in and near Gibraltar The territory went into lockdown late Saturday amid a surge in virus cases that is putting under pressure its limited health infrastructure.
World Oct 19 Facing terror charges, Basque separatist group ETA’s last boss apologizes for deaths Josu Urrutikoetxea, the last known chief of now-extinct Basque separatist militant group ETA, is going on trial in Paris for terrorism charges, which he deems “absurd" because of his role in ending its long-standing conflict.