A train driver has been killed and dozens of others injured after a commuter train crashed into the rubble of a wall that collapsed onto railway tracks outside Barcelona, emergency workers said.
The crash in Gelida, approximately 40km west of (...)
Former Syrian vice president Rifaat al Assad, brother of the late President Hafez al Assad, died on Tuesday.
Rifaat was known by critics as the "butcher of Hama" for crushing an uprising in the city in 1982 before unsuccessfully challenging for (...)
Italian fashion legend Valentino Garavani, whose elegant evening gowns were favored for decades by some of the world's most glamorous women, has died at 93, according to his foundation.
He "peacefully passed away today at his residence in Rome, (...)
Spain began three days of mourning on Tuesday as rescuers continue to comb through the wreckage of twisted train cars and scattered debris to locate victims after a train collision that killed at least 40 people and injured dozens.
A high-speed (...)
A high-speed train derailed and smashed into an oncoming train in southern Spain on Sunday, leaving at leaving at least 21 people dead and dozens of others injured.
The accident happened near Adamuz in the province of Cordoba, about 360 km (223 (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan held a series of phone calls on Saturday with his counterparts from the Middle East and Europe, during which they discussed regional developments and issues of mutual (...)
Two women who claim to have worked for Spanish legendary singer Julio Iglesias say the popular artist sexually assaulted them at his residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.
The allegations, made in reports by Spanish news site (...)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced plans to meet with Danish officials next week to discuss the Trump administration's interest in Greenland.
Rubio's comments on Capitol Hill came as the Trump administration has amped up (...)
US President Donald Trump is "discussing a range of options" to acquire Greenland, making clear that using the US military is not off the table.
"President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the (...)
US President Donald Trump on Sunday said Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez may pay a bigger price than ousted leader Nicolas Maduro "if she doesn't do what's right."
His comments to US magazine The Atlantic came as the country's deposed (...)
DOHA — Saudi Arabia's Minister Plenipotentiary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Manal Radwan, said on Saturday that meaningful peace cannot be achieved without reforming the Israeli government, warning that "spoilers" seeking to divert or (...)
Spanish police said on Thursday they had broken up a criminal network linked to smuggling 300 workers into the country, mostly from Nepal.
The workers were placed illegally on farms in central and eastern Spain.
Police arrested 11 people and are (...)
Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, after Israel was allowed to compete.
They were among a number of countries who had called for Israel to be excluded over the war in Gaza, as well as (...)
The Eurovision Song Contest faces a battle for its future at a "watershed" meeting in Geneva on Thursday.
Organisers and participating countries will debate whether Israel should be allowed to continue in the competition, amid protests over the way (...)
BRUSSELS — Saudi Arabia has called for the immediate release of Palestinian clearance revenues and for an end to all coercive measures imposed by Israel against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian people, Deputy Foreign Minister Eng. (...)
It was the most momentous event in UK history since World War Two. As a new virus took hold, millions of us were told to stay at home and billions of pounds were spent propping up the country's economy.
The Covid inquiry will publish its second set (...)
Larry Summers is resigning from the OpenAI board and leaving his instructor role at Harvard University after more emails between him and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released last week by a House committee.
"In line with my (...)
Ukraine will get up to 100 of France's Rafale F4 fighter jets as well as advanced air defence systems in a major deal to boost Kyiv's ability to protect itself against deadly Russian attacks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the move as (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Al-Khuraiji on Sunday took part in the "Tolerance Forum," hosted by the King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue to mark the International Day for Tolerance.
In his remarks, Al-Khuraiji (...)
The leader of one of Ecuador's biggest drug-trafficking gangs has been captured in an operation involving Spanish police, Ecuador's president Daniel Noboa has said.
Wilmer "Pipo" Chavarria, the head of Los Lobos, was detained in the city of Malaga, (...)
The European Union and the United States have imposed new sanctions against Russia in a bid to force the Kremlin to accept an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.
The US announcement marks the first time the second administration of Donald Trump has (...)
The first light over Lisbon revealed the shattered remains of the Gloria funicular, its distinctive yellow carriages in ruins after it derailed and crashed on Wednesday killing at least 15 people and injuring 23.
Since 1885, the cable railway has (...)
Twenty ships with more than 300 crew members, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and Irish actor Liam Cunningham, departed from the port of Barcelona on Sunday to Gaza in an effort to establish a humanitarian corridor.
The Global Sumud (...)
An aid flotilla bound for Gaza has been forced to turn back to shore, just hours after leaving Barcelona on Sunday.
The first convoy of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is set to involve dozens of boats and participants from 44 countries, returned (...)
India and Canada have appointed new high commissioners to each other's countries, in the latest step to restore ties strained by the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in a Vancouver suburb in 2023.
India's previous high commissioner left Canada (...)
