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Spain's political class spars over chaotic Vuelta finale
AFP, Published on 15/09/2025
» MADRID - Spain's political class clashed over chaotic pro-Palestinian protests in Madrid that brought the Vuelta to a premature end Sunday, with the opposition accusing the leftist government of permitting an "international embarrassment".
Spain scraps contested Israeli arms deal after uproar
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» MADRID - Spain on Thursday cancelled a contract to buy bullets from an Israeli company following pressure from the Socialist-led government's far-left coalition partner -- a move swiftly condemned by Israel.
Philippine typhoon survivors commemorate 10th anniversary
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» TACLOBAN (PHILIPPINES) - Survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan will hold prayers and light candles in the Philippines on Wednesday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the storm that left more than 7,000 people dead or missing.
At Barcelona rally, Spanish right lambasts amnesty plan
AFP, Published on 08/10/2023
» BARCELONA - Spain's right-wing leaders lambasted plans to grant Catalan separatists an amnesty in exchange for supporting a new left-wing government at a Barcelona rally Sunday that drew tens of thousands.
Catalan leader demands 'amnesty' to support Spain's Sanchez
AFP, Published on 06/09/2023
» BRUSSELS - Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, who emerged as kingmaker after Spain's inconclusive July election, demanded an amnesty Tuesday for hundreds of activists facing legal action over the region's failed 2017 secession bid.
Americans mark 60th anniversary of ‘dream’ speech
Reuters, Published on 26/08/2023
» WASHINGTON: Thousands of Americans were preparing to converge on Washington on Saturday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, a pivotal event in the 1960s US civil rights movement at which Martin Luther King Jr gave his galvanising “I have a dream” speech.
Voting opens as Spain picks between Sanchez or right's return
AFP, Published on 23/07/2023
» MADRID - Spanish voters headed to the polls Sunday to decide whether to hand Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez a fresh four-year mandate or, as polls suggest, bring the right back to power with its far-right ally.
Armed attackers kill 10, wound 3 in Ecuador port Guayaquil
AFP, Published on 01/05/2023
» GUAYAQUIL (ECUADOR) - At least 10 people were killed overnight when heavily armed assailants opened fire outside a shop in Guayaquil, Ecuador's main port city and economic hub that is under a state of emergency due to rising drug violence, police said Sunday.
Fate of three trapped miners in Spain unknown
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» SURIA, Spain: The fate of three miners trapped deep underground at a potash mine in Spain was unclear Thursday after a tweet by a regional leader confirming their deaths was deleted.
Two repatriated IS wives jailed on arrival back in Spain
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» MADRID - A Madrid court ordered two Spanish women who married Islamic State (IS) fighters remanded in custody Wednesday on terror-related charges after they were flown back from Syrian detention camps with 13 children, legal documents showed.