3+ hour ago  (447+ words) VATICAN CITY - Pope Leo XIV will visit four African nations in April, the Vatican said, including Algeria -- the first time a pope will travel to the North African Muslim nation. The Vatican announced a series of international trips in the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (290+ words) Spain and Portugal on Saturday braced for another storm heading for the Iberian peninsula, just days after the floods caused by Storm Leonardo killed at least one person in each country." The latest depression, christened Storm Marta, has prompted the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (149+ words) Spanish police announced on Saturday they had raided a unlicensed animal sanctuary and rescued hundreds of exotic creatures including leopard tortoises, iguanas and geckos. The Civil Guard said the shelter was organised by an NGO that solicited donations on social…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (373+ words) A large blaze ignited by powerful explosions at an industrial park near Argentina's capital has been contained, local authorities reported on Saturday. Officials also said that most of the more than 20 people who suffered minor injuries in the incident have…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (749+ words) Standing by a barn brimming with hundreds of bleating sheep, Jesus del Socorro Cuevas leads the far right's charge against "dictatorial" EU environmental regulation in his corner of rural Spain. "The enlightened gentlemen of Europe are always coming up with…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (347+ words) MADRID - A Spanish court opened a trial over a 550-million-euro lawsuit brought by more than 80 Spanish media organisations against Facebook owner Meta for allegedly breaching European Union data protection rules. EU rules oblige companies to obtain users' consent to create…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (220+ words) Two world heritage attractions in Spain's popular tourist region of Andalusia were on Thursday among sites affected by a bird flu outbreak that has seen parks shut and animals slaughtered. Seville's Maria Luisa park, a major tourist attraction and green…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (200+ words) Oscar-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodovar urged Madrid to cut all diplomatic and commercial ties with Israel Wednesday over the war in Gaza, calling the conflict a "genocide". "I ask our government to sever diplomatic, commercial, and all types of relations…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago  (688+ words) As helicopters dump water over burning ridges and smoke billows across the mountains of northern Spain, residents from wildfire-stricken areas say they feel abandoned by the politicians meant to protect them. A blaze "swept through those mountains, across those fresh,…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (316+ words) MADRID - As Spain enters its third week of heatwave alerts, firefighters continue to battle blazes in the northwest and west of the country, with army units deployed to help contain the blazes. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he had held…...