Spain to host COP25 climate talks in December after Chile cancels due to riots
Spain will host U.N. climate change talks in December after Chile withdrew, the United Nations said on Friday, a last-minute switch that raises big logistical challenges and has left activist Greta Thunberg stranded on the wrong side of the Atlantic. The U.N. climate change talks, ...
Spain jails nine Catalan leaders for up to 13 years over failed 2017 independence bid
Spain's Supreme Court on Monday sentenced nine Catalan leaders to prison terms of between nine and 13 years for sedition for their role in a failed 2017 independence bid. The long-awaited verdicts were less than those demanded by the prosecution which had sought up to ...
Rudy Giuliani claims Trump didn't pay for his globetrotting push for Ukraine to probe Joe Biden
Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, says he met Ukrainian officials in Madrid, Paris and Warsaw this year as he pushed an investigation into one of Trump's main political rivals in the 2020 presidential election, former Vice President Joe Biden. Giuliani has emerged as ...
U.S. man held for extradition to Spain over North Korean Embassy attack
A former U.S. Marine who allegedly took part in an attack on North Korea's embassy in Spain has been ordered by a judge to be held without bail pending extradition. Documents filed in federal court in Los Angeles late Tuesday said Christopher Ahn was wanted ...
Mystery deepens over raid at North Korean Embassy in Madrid allegedly led by 'Oswaldo Trump'
The mystery over a commando-style assault on North Korea's embassy in Madrid, allegedly led by man who had an Uber account in the name of "Oswaldo Trump," deepened Wednesday after a shadowy group committed to overthrowing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claimed responsibility. A ...
Madrid taxi drivers began an open-ended strike Monday against online ride-hailing services like Uber, joining their counterparts in Barcelona who walked off the job three days ago. Barcelona's striking taxi drivers, many wearing yellow vests like protesters against the government in neighboring France, blocked central ...
Huge crowd gathers at late Spanish dictator Franco's tomb to protest plans to move his body
At least 1,000 people gathered at the grandiose tomb of late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco on Sunday to protest against Madrid's plans to move his body. Franco, who ruled Spain from 1939 to 1975, when he died, is buried in a valley just outside Madrid ...
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday gave the Catalan government eight days to drop an independence bid, failing which he would suspend Catalonia's political autonomy and rule the region directly. His move could deepen the confrontation between Madrid and the northeastern region but also ...
Basque militant separatist group ETA set to announce disarmament: report
Basque militant separatist group ETA will announce plans to disarm later on Friday, according to report on Friday in France's Le Monde newspaper, which said a full handover of weapons was scheduled for April 8. Spain's Europa Press news agency said it had confirmed the ...
Rio Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Hagino is eyeing a return to competition in Madrid on March 10-12 following right-elbow surgery last September. "I want to go into the race being conscious of my competition fitness and how I maintain my concentration," Hagino said after a ...
Spain rescues 44 migrants trying to cross Mediterranean in two crammed boats
Spain's maritime rescue service says it has rescued 44 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea crammed into two small boats. The rescue service says it collected 25 migrants before dawn Sunday from one boat, 19 others hours later from a second craft. No casualties ...
Paternity suit involving Spanish bullfighting legend entrances nation
A Spanish court has held a hearing into a decades-old paternity dispute over whether two of Spain's most well-known bullfighters — men who share the same show name "El Cordobes" — are really father and son. The southern Cordoba city court on Thursday began studying ...
