2+ hour, 29+ min ago  (679+ words) BEIJING (AFP): Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called China's trade imbalance with the European Union "unsustainable" on Monday, as he began a three-day visit to Beijing where he hopes to strengthen economic ties. Sanchez's visit is his fourth to China…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (720+ words) CAIRO, JERUSALEM (AFP): Israel said on Friday it had blocked Spain from participating in the work of a US-led center established to help stabilize post-war Gaza following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (141+ words) MADRID (AFP): Spain will reopen its embassy in Iran, which was closed in March due to the war, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said Thursday, following the truce reached between the United States, Israel, and Iran. "I have given…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (183+ words) (AFP): The driver of a high-speed TGV train was killed and 27 people injured in France on Tuesday when the train collided with a truck, officials said. The accident occurred in France's northern Pas-de-Calais region at around 7: 00 am (0500 GMT), said rail…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (331+ words) MADRID (AFP): Police in Spain said on Wednesday that they were investigating "Islamophobic and xenophobic" chants heard during the Spain-Egypt international football match in Barcelona. Egypt's national anthem was jeered ahead of the 0-0 draw in Barcelona on Tuesday in a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (305+ words) WASHINGTON (AFP): Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that the United States "is going to have to reexamine" its relationship with NATO once the war against Iran has concluded. "I think there's no doubt, unfortunately, after this conflict…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (195+ words) ROME (Reuters): Italy "has denied permission for US military aircraft to land at the Sigonella air base in Sicily before flying to the Middle East, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday, confirming a newspaper report. Daily Corriere…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (156+ words) MADRID (AFP): Spain summoned Israel's top envoy to Madrid on Monday in protest over Israeli police blocking the Latin Patriarch from Christianity's holiest site in Jerusalem, the foreign minister said. "This cannot happen again. Catholic worship must be able to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (217+ words) MADRID (Reuters): Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in attacks "on Iran, a step beyond its previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said on Monday. "We don't authorize either the use…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (835+ words) With the move, Indonesia became the first country in Southeast Asia to ban children from having accounts on You Tube, Tik Tok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, Bigo Live and Roblox. It follows measures that Australia took last year in a…...