MADRID: The heatwave sweeping across southwestern Europe was expected to peak on Thursday in Spain, with blistering temperatures already fuelling wildfires across the Iberian Peninsula and France. The region’s second heat this summer is forecast to hit southern Spain with some of the harshest temperatures. “For Thursday, we expect it to be the hottest day […]
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Thousands of migrants storm border fence in Spain’s Melilla
MADRID: Around 2,000 migrants tried to storm the border separating Spain’s Melilla enclave from Morocco on Friday, the first such attempted mass crossing into the territory since the two nations mended diplomatic ties in March. Some 2,000 migrants made their way to the border at dawn and over 500 managed to enter the border control […]
Two mountaineers killed in Swiss Alps ice fall
Verbier, Switzerland: A Frenchwoman and a Spaniard were killed and nine other mountaineers were injured Friday in an icefall in southwest Switzerland, police said following a rescue attempt involving several helicopters. Police received calls at 6:20 am (0420 GMT) reporting that mountaineers had been caught up in falling seracs columns of glacial ice formed by […]
Spain to tighten control over secret services after spying scandal
MADRID: Spain’s prime minister vowed Thursday to tighten oversight of the country’s secret services in the wake of a scandal over the hacking of top politicians’ mobile phones that has roiled his fragile coalition government. The affair broke in April when Canadian cybersecurity watchdog Citizen Lab said the telephones of more than 60 people linked […]
Pakistani-Spanish sisters’ murder case: All suspects arrested
KARACHI: The Gujrat police claimed to have arrested all of the suspects, including a brother and uncle of the victims, involved in the murder of two Pakistani-Spanish sisters killed for honor. The police claimed to have caught all of the suspects within 48 hours, including the mastermind, who confessed to having been involved in the […]
Spain to expel around 25 Russian diplomats
Madrid: Spain will expel around 25 Russian diplomats and embassy staff over the Russian invasion of Ukraine, following similar moves by Germany and France, Spain’s foreign minister said Tuesday. “The unbearable images we have seen of the massacre of civilians in the town of Bucha after the withdrawal of the Russian army deeply outrage us,” […]
Spain’s FM to arrive in Pakistan on Friday
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister of Spain Jose Manuel Albares will visit Pakistan on Friday to hold talks with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. They will exchange views on the latest developments in Afghanistan. Bilateral relations will be part of discussions during the delegation-level talks. Pakistan and Spain enjoy cordial relations, bilaterally as well as in the […]
Spain asks Cuba to ‘immediately’ free arrested reporter
Spain on Tuesday called on Havana to “immediately” release a journalist for Spanish newspaper ABC who was arrested after unprecedented protests against the Cuban government. “Arresting a journalist for a Spanish media outlet, ABC, seems inappropriate to me. We have asked through the foreign ministry for her immediate release,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said […]
Fresh protests in Spain over killing of gay man
People took to the streets of cities across Spain again on Sunday to demand justice after a young gay man was beaten to death last weekend in a suspected homophobic attack. Crowds filled a central Madrid square and activists marched the streets of Almeria and the northern city of Coruna, where the crime happened, chanting […]
Spanish officer dies in helicopter crash during anti-drug operation
A Spanish customs agent died Sunday after a customs agency helicopter crashed into the sea while chasing suspected drug smugglers off Spain’s southern coast, officials said. Two other customs agents who were also on board the chopper when it went down in waters near Sotogrande, a coastal down near Gibraltar, survived the crash, a union […]