Spain

Barcelona police arrest Chinese businessman for financing Hamas through his beauty shop

The man is accused of sending Hamas 600,000 Euros (some $710,000) in crypto-assets to finance their terror operations, the police said in a statement.

Mossos d'Esquadra police officers stand on the stage as they attend a press conference.
A giant portrait of 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab who was killed in Gaza in 2024, is unfurled on Barceloneta Beach in the second anniversary of her death and after a film about her death received an Oscar nomination, in Barcelona, Spain January 29, 2026.

Giant portrait of Hind Rajab, girl killed in Gaza war, unfurled on Barcelona beach

One of the Jewish graves desecrated at Les Corts cemetary in Barcelona.

Dozens of Jewish graves vandalized at Barcelona cemetery

A woman waves a flag as demonstrators take part in a protest under the slogan 'Greenland is for Greenlanders' in front of the US Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, January 14, 2026.

Denmark refuses to consider its own two-state solution, yet preaches one for Israel - opinion


Spanish travel company eDreams blocks accommodation listings in Israeli settlements in West Bank

The company, after it was the only Spanish firm named on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights' list, published in 2023.

Javier Perez-Tenessa, CEO and Co-Founder of Spanish travel company eDreams Odigeo, delivers a speech during its bourse debut in Madrid April 8, 2014.

Israel’s challenge with the Global Sumud flotilla heading to Gaza - analysis

So far, the weather has been Israel's ally, preventing 20 vessels from departing Spain to join other ships that activists want to use to get to Gaza.

Boats of a humanitarian flotilla with aid and pro-Palestinian activists, including climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, which was heading to Gaza and has returned to Barcelona due to stormy weather, according to the organisers, are docked, in Barcelona, Spain September 1, 2025.

Venomous blue dragon forces closure of popular tourist beach

For humans with allergies or pre-existing conditions, the slug's sting can be deadly.

Venomous blue dragon sea slug.

Six European foreign ministers condemn Israel's planned Gaza City operation

In the statement, the ministers said that they "condemn the most recent Israeli offensive launched in the Strip and the announcement to establish a permanent presence in Gaza City."

An IDF soldier operates on the outskirts of Gaza City, in northern Gaza, August 27, 2025

Germany, France, Spain to discuss fighter jet program in October, says Berlin

"National interests will need to be put aside by one or the other or all of us. It is clear we are damned to succeed; we need this project," Germany's defense minister said.

 An F-35 plane stands on the tarmac at Nevatim Air Force Base.

Record wildfires burn more than a million hectares of land across Europe

The previous record was in 2017, when the area burned by wildfires was around 998,000 hectares.

A firefighter moves through burning trees and shrubs during a wildfire in Castelo Novo, Fundao area, Portugal, August 21, 2025

Recognizing Palestine: Europe is committing suicide and wants to take the US down with it - opinion

It may be no coincidence that Europe chose the United States as the venue for its declaration of an imaginary Palestinian state. Europe does not want to commit suicide alone. 

FRANCE SHOULD carve out a section of the French Riviera for the creation of the State of Palestine, US Ambassador Mike Huckabee suggested.

Spain denies viral claim it sent pork, moldy food in aid packages to Gaza Strip

Spain has air-dropped about 12 tons of aid via 24 parachutes, intended for approximately 11,000 people over the last two months.

Palestinians run towards airdropped aid packages, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, August 19, 2025

Spain arrests alleged arsonist linked to wildfires as a second firefighter dies

"Today we mourn the death of another member of the team fighting fires in Leon," Nicanor Sen, the national government's representative in Castile and Leon, wrote on X.

Firefighters work to extinguish a wildfire in the outskirts of Abejera de Tabara, Zamora, Spain, August 13, 2025

Dancing until dawn: The hottest nightlife destinations in Europe right now

Berlin with endless parties, Ibiza with unmatched energy, and Prague with nocturnal mystique – these are the best destinations for thrilling nightlife in Europe, full of style, stories, and soul.

DJ at a beach party