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Spain declares national emergency as wildfires near Madrid, Avila force thousands to evacuate

More than 270 emergency personnel and 40 ground units have been deployed in the affected areas, alongside several Military Emergency Unit (UME) contingents.

A view of a wildfire spreading over the Burgohondo mountains, in Avila, Spain July 23, 2026.
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) during the NATO leaders' summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026.

Trump demands US halt trade with Spain, renews claim over Greenland, angering NATO allies

A woman holds banners denouncing the Iranian regime, June 21, 2026; illustrative.

Israeli flags seen as Iranian diaspora denounces US-Iran MoU in worldwide embassy protests

 Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025.

In Madrid, Pope calls for compassion towards 'every human being'


Beirut port blast suspect to face extradition hearing in Madrid

Moreira is not allowed to leave Spain. His passport has been taken away and he must appear before authorities on a weekly basis, a judicial source said.

 A woman walks on rubble at the site of last year’s Beirut port blast on July 13

Visit Madrid: World-class art, lavish palaces and gardens

Spain is one of the leading tourist destinations in Europe. Its capital, Madrid, lies almost in the center of the Iberian peninsula, the highest capital in Europe. 

 The renowned Prado Museum in Madrid

Multilateralism is the key to peace - opinion

The Madrid Conference was the multilateral event that launched the Israeli-Arab peace process of the 1990s.

 OFFICIALS ATTEND the Madrid+15 Conference in January 2007, one of the events that have taken place over the years to renew peace efforts between Arab states and Israel and commemorate the Madrid Peace Conference.

The conference that wasn’t – ‘Madrid’ in retrospect - opinion

The “Madrid Conference” and the bilateral follow-up yielded a number of important achievements for Israel.

THEN-SOVIET PRESIDENT Mikhail Gorbachev addresses the first meeting of the Mideast peace conference in Madrid on October 30, 1991. Alongside Gorbachev is US President George Bush. At far right is prime minister Yitzhak Shamir.

Madrid adopts IHRA antisemitism definition

The IHRA definition has been adopted by 29 countries, the European Union, and numerous local governments and institutions around the world.

PROTESTING OUTSIDE a meeting of the British Labour Party’s National Executive, which was set to discuss the party’s definition of antisemitism, in London in September 2018

Prosecutor investigates anti-LGBT, Nazi march in downtown Madrid

Protesters wore T-shirts and tattoos of fascist and Nazi symbols, and some made the Nazi salute, Reuters witnesses said.

A Nazi armband with a swastika displayed in the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

European initiative tries to combat COVID-induced antisemitic conspiracies

More Jewish communities throughout Europe are reporting a surge in antisemitic rhetoric.

Young European Jewish students and activists mobilize to take a firm stand against the hate at the EJA boot camp, April 2021.

An Album Of Reality That Beats Heisenberg’s Uncertainty - Daniel Valledor

In the era of selfies and influencers, is documenting everyday life from a neutral standpoint still possible?


At least three dead after blast wrecks building in central Madrid

The cause of the explosion is still unclear.

Smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Madrid downtown, in Madrid Spain January 20, 2021.

Three die in Spanish storm, troops deployed to help those stranded by snow

A man and woman who were traveling in a car drowned after a river burst its banks and a homeless person froze to death in the eastern city of Calatayud.

View from the rooftop of the Circulo de Bellas Artes cultural center during a heavy snowfall in Madrid