World Jul 06 Spain’s famous Bull Run festival returns after 2-year COVID hiatus Thousands of revelers have erupted in celebration as a firework blast started Pamplona's San Fermín Running of the Bulls festival.
World Mar 24 Spanish army finds deceased bodies in nursing homes among residents Troops disinfecting nursing homes have found, to their horror, some residents living in squalor among the infectious bodies of people that authorities suspect have died from the new coronavirus.
Arts Feb 26 Spain cancels Plácido Domingo’s appearance in two opera dates It is the first time a performance by Domingo has been cancelled in Europe since allegations surfaced of sexual misconduct by the singer.
World Feb 03 Damaged Air Canada plane lands in Spain after tense hours Toronto-bound flight AC837 had left from the Spanish capital in the early afternoon on Monday but had to request an emergency return after one of its two engines was damaged and a tire ruptured during takeoff.
World Nov 11 Spain faces a widening political divide After Sunday's national vote, no party has a clear mandate to govern and a far-right party has become a major parliamentary player in Spain for the first time in decades.
World Nov 10 Spain’s national vote an epic struggle between left, right As Spaniards voted Sunday in the country's fourth election in as many years, a leading leftist party pledged to help the incumbent Socialists in hopes of staving off a possible right-wing coalition government that could include a far-right party.
World Oct 24 Spain exhumes late dictator Gen. Francisco Franco’s remains Gen. Francisco Franco's remains were moved from his grandiose mausoleum, which many consider an affront to Spain's standing as a modern democratic state, to a small family crypt north of the capital.
World Aug 19 Iranian tanker the U.S. tried to seize heads toward Greece The vessel left Gibraltar after having been detained for a month in the British overseas territory for allegedly attempting to breach European Union sanctions on Syria.
World Oct 07 UPDATE: Madrid to euthanize pet dog of nurse with Ebola MADRID -- Three more people were placed under quarantine for Ebola at a Madrid hospital where a Spanish nurse became infected, authorities said Tuesday. More than 50 other possible contacts were being monitored.