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Three killed in blast at Spanish Army base


Spain`s Defence Ministry says three soldiers have died and two others have been injured in an explos...

Defence Ministry issues multi-crore tender for 56 new aircraft


Defence Ministry has issued a tender expected to be worth over Rs 12,000 crore to replace IAF`s Avro...

Aircraft crashes in a fireball at Spanish air show


A historic jet plane crashed into a hangar and exploded today in a fireball at an airshow southwest ...

Dutchman arrested in Spain for `biggest ever` cyber attack


The 35 year old identified only as SK was arrested in Barcelona and the house where he was staying s...

Britain`s Cameron brings family for Germany talks


British Prime Minister David Cameron visits Germany on Friday to press for reforms of the EU, but in...

`Spain King`s scandal-tainted son-in-law has Qatar job offer`


Spanish King Juan Carlos` son-in-law Inaki Urdangarin is under investigation for allegedly embezzlin...

Spain raises minimum legal age of marriage to 16 years


The Spanish government has raised the minimum legal age for marriage from 14 to 16 years.

Train derails in Spain after rockfall; 11 injured


Spanish authorities say a rockfall has derailed a train, injuring 11 passengers after the first carr...

Spain raises marrying age from 14 to 16


Spain announced Friday it is raising the minimum age for marriage from 14 to 16 while opening consul...

Asteroid used as ham press worth USD 5.3 mn


A huge 100kg rock used by a Spanish farmer for more than three decades to press ham has turned out t...

Spain to probe video of soldiers kicking Iraqi prisoner


The Spanish defence ministry will investigate the authenticity of a video apparently showing Spanish...

Fire breaks out at hospital holding Spain`s king


Spain`s royal palace says a small fire broke out at a Madrid hospital on Wednesday where King Juan C...

Spain`s King arrives at hospital for spine surgery


The King of Spain has arrived at a Madrid hospital where he is to undergo surgery for a herniated di...

Spain decides to reform foreign service


The Spanish government decided to reform its foreign service in order to attain greater coordination...

Spanish court overturns city ban on face veils


A Spanish court has overturned a city`s ban on wearing face-covering Islamic veils in municipal buil...

Spain’s anti-austerity protests: 45 arrested in Madrid


Spanish police say they arrested 45 people, including nine minors, in street violence after a large ...

Spaniards see corruption as worst blot on country`s image


Fifty-two percent of Spaniards see political corruption as the worst blot on Spain`s image abroad, a...

Spain`s king has not thought of abdicating


Spain`s King Juan Carlos has not considered for one moment the possibility of abdicating nor plans t...

Big protests in Spain against health care reforms


Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of 16 Spanish cities today to protest plans t...

Five dead, 3 injured in cruise ship accident in Spain`s Canary Island


A lifeboat from a British-operated cruise ship fell into the sea at port in Spain`s Canary Islands d...

Clashes erupt after Spanish PM corruption denial


Riot police clashed with protesters in Madrid following the Prime Minister`s televised denial that h...

J&K govt asks Spain to lift negative travel advisory


The Jammu and Kashmir government has requested Spain to lift the travel advisory issued to its citiz...

Spain judge sets USD 11.1M bail for king`s relative


A Spanish judge set bail at USD 11.1 mn for the king`s son-in-law and his former business partner be...

Tourism Minister Chiranjeevi to visit Spain


India and Spain share similarities in their tourism products with both the countries being looked up...

Spain, US call for strong European Union


Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo called for a strong EU that stops the "drift" t...

Former Austrian minister convicted of corruption


A court found a former Austrian interior minister and EU lawmaker Ernst Strasser guilty of corrupti...

Spain arrests woman with cocaine breast implants


Spanish authorities say they have arrested a Panamanian woman arriving at Barcelona airport with 1.3...

Twenty-eight held in Spain in operation against child pornography


Twenty-eight people have been arrested as part of an international operation against the child porno...

Thousands of policemen protest pay cuts in Spain


Thousands of policemen marched through the Spanish capital city to protest cutbacks in their salarie...

Pandas may have originated in Spain


Scientists believe two fossils discovered in Spain may be of the oldest known ancestors of Asian gia...

Spain moves to halt home evictions after suicide


Some 400,000 families have been evicted from their homes since the onset of Spain`s financial crisis...

Spain: 3 dead, 2 hurt in Halloween party stampede


Three women have been killed and two injured in a stampede during a large Halloween Night party at a...

Spanish city earthquake `caused by groundwater extraction`


Spanish city earthquake `caused by groundwater extraction`

Groundwater extraction linked to Lorca earthquake


The 2011 Lorca earthquake was triggered by excessive extraction of water from a nearby natural under...

Thousands march in Spain to protest austerity


Several thousand anti-austerity protesters in Spain marched down a major street in the capital bangi...

Spain celebrates most austere National Day in recent yrs


Spain celebrated its National Day with a slimmed-down military parade that reflected a sharp reducti...

Spain, US ink accord to deploy anti-missile shield


Spain and the US on Wednesday signed an agreement at NATO headquarters that will allow the deploymen...

Spaniards roast Romney over `economic incompetence’ gaffe


Romney portrayed Spain as synonymous with economic incompetence and described it as being overly dep...

Two planes collide at Madrid airport


The damage to both planes was said to be "light", and all the passengers were able to disembark with...

Thousands march to protest austerity cuts in Spain


Several thousand people marched in downtown Madrid to protest austerity measures they say will lead ...

Spain approves missile-defence pact with US


The authorization was approved at the Council of Ministers` weekly meeting and comes a year after Sp...

Spain, Portugal hit with anti-austerity protests


Spaniards and Portuguese rallied in the streets of their countries` capitals to protest enduring dee...

Floods claim 10 lives in Spain


A total of 10 people have died in floods triggered by heavy rainfall in southeast Spain over the las...

60 hurt, 11 arrested as fans riot at Spain MTV gig


Officials say 60 people have been injured and 11 arrested when music fans rioted outside a Madrid th...

Spaniard`s face adorns Obama campaign buttons


A Spanish man was surprised to find that his image has been enlisted into US President Barack Obama`...

Spain: Wildfire continues; over 5,000 evacuated


A hot summer plus the lack of rainfall in recent months have made 2012 a bad year for wildfires in S...

Spain wildfires kill 2, prompt tourist evacuations


Two firefighters have died from injuries sustained in battling a wildfire in Spain while hundreds w...

Spain: Video of al Qaeda suspects practicing bombing released


An undated video clip has been released which shows how al Qaeda suspects are training using a colou...

UK police arrest suspected ETA terrorist


Kemen Uranga Artola, 43, was captured in Kentish Town district of north London, where he is thought ...

Three suspected Al Qaeda men held in Spain


Police in Spain have arrested three suspected Al Qaeda members and seized explosives and poison from...