World Aug 26 FIFA suspends Spain's soccer federation president for 90 days, opens disciplinary investigation FIFA suspended Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales from office on Saturday while its disciplinary committee investigates his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final, which included kissing a player on the lips without her consent.
World Aug 25 Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso says 'in no moment' did she consent to kiss with Luis Rubiales Hermoso issued a statement Friday through her union hours after Rubiales claimed in an emergency meeting of the Spanish soccer federation that the kiss was consensual.
World Aug 25 Spain's soccer head refuses to resign over kiss controversy at Women's World Cup The president of the Spanish soccer federation has refused to resign despite an uproar for kissing a player on the lips without her consent after the Women's World Cup final.
World Jul 23 Spain's conservative party wins general election, but falls short of absolute majority Spain appears headed for political gridlock after Sunday's inconclusive national elections left parties on both the right and left without a clear path toward forging a new government.
World Jul 12 Sweltering heat wave moves across southern Europe Spain is sweltering under an unrelenting heat wave as temperatures start to build toward what is forecast to be a torrid weekend across southern Europe.
World Jun 15 Wildfires driven by climate change are on the rise - Spain must do more to prepare, experts say A group of 60 fire experts and institutions in Spain say the country must do more to prepare for increasingly virulent wildfires stoked by climate change.
World Mar 28 2 dead, several injured after stabbing at Muslim center in Portugal A man wielding a large knife killed two women and injured several other people at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon, and Portuguese authorities said they were investigating Tuesday's stabbing attack as a possible terror act.
Health Jul 30 Spain and Brazil report monkeypox deaths The ministry based in Madrid said both fatalities were young men. It reported its first death on Friday, the same day that Brazil also reported its first death from monkeypox.
World Jul 17 Wildfires scorch France, Spain as Europe contends with extreme heat wave Firefighters are struggling to contain wildfires in France and Spain as Europe wilts under an unusually extreme heat wave that authorities link to a rise in excess mortality.
World Jul 16 Wildfires rage across Europe amid record heatwave Fire season has hit parts of Europe earlier than usual this year after an unusually dry, hot spring that left the soil parched and which authorities attribute to climate change.