1+ hour, 26+ min ago  (202+ words) A cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak has arrived off the coast of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands, as health authorities begin a large-scale evacuation and testing operation. The World Health Organisation says the risk to the wider…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (286+ words) Spain's foreign minister urged the European Union on Friday to lift its sanctions on Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, after lawmakers in the South American country approved a limited amnesty bill for certain prisoners. Rodriguez, who took power last month…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (242+ words) Libya's National Oil Corporation said on Saturday that it had contracted a specialist company to handle a damaged Russian tanker carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) that is drifting towards the Libyan coast. The Arctic Metagaz would be towed to a…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (303+ words) Spain will pay out 20 million euros ($24 million) in compensation to the victims of last week's high-speed train crash that killed 45 people and left more than 150 injured, Transport Minister Oscar Puente said on Tuesday. The nation is still reeling from the…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago  (253+ words) The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) said on Wednesday its vessels were "under attack" by the Israeli military, which intercepted several boats sailing toward the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave. The FFC is an international network of pro-Palestinian activist groups that organises civilian…...

7+ mon, 6+ day ago  (655+ words) The Israeli military intercepted the last boat in an aid flotilla attempting to reach blockaded Gaza on Friday, a day after stopping most of the vessels and detaining some 450 activists including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg. The organisers of the Global…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (130+ words) The Flotilla, transporting medicine and food to Gaza, consists of more than 40 civilian boats with about 500 parliamentarians, lawyers and activists. It'is the most high-profile symbol of opposition to Israel's blockade of Gaza. Meanwhile, the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Intellectual Property Trust…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago  (471+ words) Some 137 activists detained by Israel for taking part in a flotilla seeking to deliver aid to Gaza arrived in Istanbul on Saturday after being deported, according to Reuters reporters at the airport. The individuals included 36 Turkish nationals, as well as…...