World Mar 19 Missing U.S. student's body has been found in Barcelona, local authorities say By Joseph Wilson, John O'Connor, Sarah Raza, Associated Press
World Jan 20 Barcelona commuter train crash kills 1, days after deadly train collision in Spain A Barcelona commuter train crashed Tuesday after a retaining wall fell onto the tracks, Spanish regional authorities said, killing at least one person and injuring 37 others. By Joseph Wilson, Suman Naishadham, Associated Press
World Jan 09 Pope Leo planning visit to Spain this year, with stops in Madrid, Barcelona and Canary Islands Spain had long lobbied for Francis to visit. But over 12 years he always declined, preferring to travel to farther flung countries where Catholics were a minority. By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
World Nov 29 Barcelona may need water shipped in during worst drought on record in Catalonia, authorities say Spanish authorities and experts point to the impact of climate change in the increasingly hot and dry weather behind the extended drought. By Joseph Wilson, Associated Press
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. By Aritz Parra, Renata Brito, Barry Hatton, Associated Press
Feb 20 Peaceful protests for jailed rapper see more clashes in Spain By Associated Press Hundreds also gathered in Madrid, and hundreds more marched in the northeast town of Lleida, where Hasél was arrested on Tuesday and taken away to begin serving a 9-month prison sentence for insulting the Spanish monarchy and praising terrorist violence… Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch 5:06 Globally, people are taking their discontent to the streets By PBS NewsHour While mass demonstrations against the government have rocked Hong Kong for months, protests in Iraq and Lebanon have unseated respective governments. People in Barcelona, Haiti and Chile have also taken to the streets with their demands. Vali Nasr, a former… Continue watching
Oct 26 Separatists rally in Barcelona for release of prisoners By Joseph Wilson, Associated Press Hundreds of thousands in the restive region of Catalonia protested Saturday in Barcelona against the imprisonment of nine separatist leaders for their roles in an illegal 2017 secession bid. Continue reading
Oct 18 Catalonia sees 5th day of massive separatist protests By Aritz Parra, Emilio Morenatti, Associated Press More than 200 people have been arrested and scores injured since separatist sentiment in Spain. Continue reading
Oct 14 37 injured, 108 flights canceled in Barcelona airport protests By Associated Press Tempers flared in Spain's Catalonia region after the country's Supreme Court found 12 separatist leaders guilty of illegally promoting Catalan independence. Continue reading