Palestinian Territories – AFP A Spanish charity ship taking food aid to Gaza left the Mediterranean island of Cyprus on Tuesday in an attempt to open a maritime corridor to the besieged Palestinian territory. The vessel Open Arms set sail towing a barge loaded with 200 tonnes of relief goods and was expected to arrive […]
GENEVA (AA) – Spain on Monday announced that it has initiated a process of sanctioning 12 Israeli settlers in the West Bank. In his appearance before the Joint Commission for the country’s Congress of Deputies, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said: “The government of Spain has initiated the procedures to sanction a first...
DAKAR, Senegal/ KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – A boat carrying around 300 irregular migrants heading for Spain capsized off the coast of northern Senegal, leaving 26 dead, local media reported Wednesday. The fishing boat, which was destined for the Canary Islands, sank near the beaches of Saint-Louis, about 320 kilometers (198.8 miles) north of t...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain’s foreign minister has said that Spanish troops will leave Iraq whenever the government in Baghdad wants. Speaking from Baghdad after a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein, Jose Manuel Albares said Spain is “ready to stand” with Iraq in military missions against Daesh/ISIS and to support Iraq’s sove...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain’s foreign minister has said that 88 countries now support the country’s idea for a conference to achieve lasting peace in Palestine and Israel. “The plan was proposed by Spain’s prime minister, was adopted by the 27 EU states in October, and now it is endorsed by countries in the Arab […]
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the country’s government broke the law in 2021 when it returned around 1,500 underage migrants to Morocco. The court reviewed how Spain dealt with minors in the aftermath of a mass border crossing in May, when some 12,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish enclave […]
MADRID (AA) – Spaniards in more than 90 provinces and regions responded to the protest call of the Solidarity Network against the Occupation of Palestine (RESCOP), an umbrella group of over 100 civil society organizations in the European country. The protesters demanded the establishment of an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip while denou...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has said that there is a clear and growing risk of the ongoing war in Gaza spilling over into the Middle East, which he said would be “an authentic catastrophe.” He said he has been lobbying his counterparts for an immediate cease-fire that gives way […]
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain will not participate in international missions to protect Red Sea shipping vessels from Houthi attacks, Defense Minister Margarita Robles has said. “Spain’s position, out of a sense of responsibility and commitment to peace, is not to intervene in the Red Sea,” she told the media. Robles added that Spain’s naval [&he...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain’s prime minister has urged Western states to recognize the state of Palestine “once and for all.” “And until that day comes, we must state clearly and with passion that the Palestinian population cannot pay for the terrorist acts of Hamas,” Pedro Sanchez told diplomats at the Eighth Ambassadors Conference in [&hellip...
