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Spanish police seize record cocaine in Ecuadorean banana shipment
ALGECIRAS, Spain - Spanish police have made a record cocaine seizure after finding 13 metric tons of the drug hidden in a shipment of...
Nov 8, 20241 min read


NATO's Rutte congratulates Trump, says allies spending more on defence
BRUSSELS - NATO chief Mark Rutte congratulated Donald Trump on Wednesday for being elected president of the United States, and emphasised...
Nov 6, 20241 min read


More troops reinforce rescue efforts in flood-hit Spain as public anger mounts
PAIPORTA, Spain - Another 2,500 soldiers arrived in the flood-hit east of Spain on Monday to reinforce efforts to locate bodies and clear...
Nov 5, 20244 min read


What caused deadly floods in Spain? The impact of DANA explained
Catastrophic flash floods that have killed at least 217 people in Spain are caused by a destructive weather system in which cold and warm...
Nov 5, 20243 min read


Protests over Spain flood response interrupt king's visit to stricken Valencia suburb
PAIPORTA, Spain - Hundreds of residents of a Valencia suburb badly hit by last week's deadly floods protested on Sunday during a visit by...
Nov 4, 20243 min read


Spain mounts biggest peacetime disaster recovery operation as death toll reaches 214
VALENCIA, Spain - The deadliest flash floods in Spain's modern history have killed at least 214 people and dozens were still unaccounted...
Nov 3, 20242 min read


Power mostly restored as Spain grapples with aftermath of deadliest-ever flood
ALFAFAR, Spain - More than 90% of the households in eastern Spain hit by catastrophic floods that killed at least 205 had regained power...
Nov 3, 20243 min read


Death toll in Spain's floods rises to 158, among Europe's worst storm disasters
VALENCIA/GODELLETA, Spain - The death toll from devastating flash floods in eastern Spain climbed to 158 on Thursday, with rescue teams...
Nov 2, 20243 min read


Spain's deadly DANA weather phenomenon and its links to climate change
Catastrophic flash floods that have killed at least 72 people in Spain are caused by a destructive weather system in which cold and warm...
Nov 2, 20242 min read


Spanish floods kill 95 as year of rain falls in a day in Valencia
LA ALCUDIA, Spain - At least 95 people have been killed in possibly the deadliest flooding to hit Spain in its modern history after...
Nov 1, 20243 min read


Soccer-Spain's first transgender soccer team makes debut in regional men's league
SANT FELIU DE LLOBREGAT, Spain - A soccer team consisting entirely of transgender men has made its debut in a regional league in Spain,...
Oct 5, 20242 min read


New NATO chief Rutte reaffirms support for Ukraine on Kyiv trip
KYIV - NATO chief Mark Rutte told Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy "your security matters for ours" on Thursday during his first...
Oct 4, 20242 min read
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