5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (387+ words) A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Granada, Spain, on Tuesday morning, injuring three people and forcing precautionary evacuations at several major tourist sites, including parts of the Alhambra. The Granada earthquake was recorded at around 10:37 a.m. local time on August 18. Revised data from…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1290+ words) Wildfires have struck countries across several continents in 2026, turning what is usually described as a seasonal hazard into a much broader global story. The year began with major fires in the Southern Hemisphere, including Australia, Chile, Argentina and South Africa....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (236+ words) A total solar eclipse plunged western Iceland into complete darkness Wednesday, though heavy cloud cover and rain blocked the sight of the sun disappearing behind the moon. Total darkness swept over Keflavik, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of the capital Reykjavik,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (196+ words) Italian police raided the offices of several luxury brands including Bulgari and Chanel over suspicions they used subcontractors employing Chinese workers, a prosecutor said Thursday. The other luxury brands included Brunello Cucinelli, Etro, Goyard Italie, Jacob Cohen Company, Moncler, and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (345+ words) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday said his country’s ties with the United States were “very positive” despite President Donald Trump’s latest threat to cut off all trade. Trump has repeatedly accused Spain of not spending enough on defence,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (100+ words) Insider Paper Pope Leo XIV will return to Rome from the Canary Islands on Friday on a plane offered by Spanish King Felipe VI after his orginal aircraft suffered a technical glitch, the Vatican said. The flight is scheduled to…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (227+ words) Pope Leo XIV’s departure from Tenerife at the end of a week-long visit to Spain was delayed Friday by a technical problem with the plane which led him to disembark, according to an AFP reporter at the scene. Spain’s King…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (210+ words) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed to abandon a joint fighter jet programme due to long-running disagreements between the companies involved, the German government said Monday. The leaders “reached the shared assessment that the companies…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (388+ words) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday renewed criticism of NATO for not supporting the US war on Iran, as he headed to alliance talks in Sweden. “There are many countries in NATO that agree with us that Iran…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (294+ words) Turkey on Thursday said it was sending charter flights to Israel to repatriate Gaza flotilla activists, after Israeli forces detained them in scenes that sparked international condemnation. “We plan to bring our citizens and participants from third countries to Turkey…...