Spain

Catalan parliament votes to split from Spain

BARCELONA: Catalan lawmakers voted Friday to declare independence from Spain, as Madrid vowed, in turn,… Read More

Wildfires kill at least 39 in Portugal and Spain

LISBON/MADRID: At least 36 people died in wildfires raging through parched farmlands and forests in… Read More

Key events since Catalonia independence vote

MADRID: Spain's Prime Minister on Wednesday gave Catalonia's separatist leader five days to clarify whether… Read More

Catalan leader steps back from declaring immediate independence

BARCELONA: Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont said Tuesday he had accepted the "mandate of the people"… Read More

Dominant Nadal thrashes Kyrgios to win China Open title

BEIJING: World number one Rafael Nadal produced a ruthless performance to win his 75th singles… Read More

Protesters rally against Catalan independence in Barcelona

BARCELONA: Hundreds of thousands of flag-waving demonstrators packed central Barcelona on Sunday to rally against… Read More

Catalan leaders to declare independence in Spain crisis

BARCELONA: Catalan leaders were preparing Wednesday to declare independence after a violence-hit referendum, defying a… Read More

Catalan leader calls for mediation with Spain over independence

BARCELONA: Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont called Monday (Oct 2) for international mediation in the crisis… Read More

Spanish PM faces crisis after violent secession vote in Catalonia

SANT PERE DE TORELLO: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces Spain’s biggest constitutional crisis in… Read More

Spanish riot police crack down on banned Catalan vote

BARCELONA: Spanish riot police fired rubber bullets and forced their way into activist-held polling stations… Read More

Nadal speaks out against Catalan independence

MADRID: Spanish tennis world number one Rafael Nadal has criticised plans for an independence referendum… Read More

Spain’s retiring climber sees Pakistan’s K2 his steepest challenge

ISLAMABAD: Spain's retiring climber Oscar Cadiach sees Pakistan's K2 his steepest challenge in his more… Read More

Dutch police free van driver in concert attack plan probe

THE HAGUE: Dutch police on Thursday released the driver of a van with Spanish licence… Read More

Spain probe deepens as second suspect wins release

MADRID: One week on from the two deadly vehicle rampages in Spain, a second suspect… Read More

Dutch acted on ‘concrete’ info of planned concert attack

ROTTERDAM: Dutch police on Thursday stepped up a probe into a planned terror attack against… Read More

Spain suspect says terror cell planned big attack on monuments

MADRID: A suspected member of the terror cell that unleashed carnage in Spain last week… Read More

Spain terror cell: what we know about its members

MADRID: The four remaining alleged members of a terror cell that carried out deadly twin attacks… Read More

Man shot dead in Spain is Barcelona attacker, police confirm

SUBIRATS: A man shot dead by security forces on Monday is Younes Abouyaaqoub, the 22-year-old… Read More

Terror cell behind Barcelona attack ‘dismantled’: govt

BARCELONA: Police were searching on Saturday for the driver of a van that killed 13… Read More

Spain attacker showed ‘no sign of radicalisation’: father

BARCELONA: Residents of Melouiya, a village high in Morocco's Atlas Mountains, are in shock at… Read More