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January 19, 2019

Uber, Cabify cars are attacked in Spain; police arrest 7

Police in Barcelona have arrested seven people on suspicion of attacking cars that work with ride-hailing apps like Uber and ...

January 18, 2019

The Latest: Spain to improve conditions at migrant centers

The Latest on migrants in Europe (all times local): 2:25 p.m. Spain's government says it will improve conditions at its eight ...

January 18, 2019

AP Top Stories January 17 P

Here's the latest for Thursday January 17th: President Trump calls for new missile defense program; Michael Cohen ...

January 17, 2019

AP Interview: Europol ties together tennis match-fixer rings

European police agency Europol says it has identified links between match-fixing gambling syndicates being unraveled in Spain ...

January 17, 2019

Spain: Technical setbacks slow search for boy in deep hole

Spanish rescuers on the fourth day of a frantic race to reach a 2-year-old boy trapped in a borehole clung to hope of finding ...

January 17, 2019

Spain rescues 472 migrants, some on inflatable rafts

Spain's maritime rescue service says it has saved 472 people who were trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe over ...

January 16, 2019

Spain: DNA sample confirms 2-year-old fell into borehole

Spanish rescuers working against the clock to find a 2-year-old boy who's been missing for three days say they have found DNA ...

January 16, 2019

The Latest: Macron tells Britain "good luck" with Brexit

The Latest on Britain's exit from the European Union (all times local): 10:15 p.m. French President Emmanuel Macron is ...

January 15, 2019

Spain arrests 17 in ongoing Catalonia anti-terror operation

Authorities in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia said 17 people, including five alleged members of an extremist ...

January 15, 2019

Spanish rescuers bore tunnel in frantic search for toddler

Rescuers in southern Spain are digging a horizontal tunnel in an attempt to reach the bottom of a deep and narrow borehole ...

January 11, 2019

AP Interview: Catalan leader says 'No' to Spain govt budget

The Spanish government's bid to pass a national budget is doomed unless it bends to the demands of Catalonia's separatists ...

January 09, 2019

The Latest: Italy alleges extremists smuggled migrants

The Latest on Europe's migrant crisis (all times local): 5:25 p.m. Italian police say they have broken up a migrant-smuggling ...

January 09, 2019

Malta to take stranded migrants off boats in EU deal

Maltese military vessels will soon take ashore 49 migrants who have been stranded aboard private rescue vessels since last ...

January 06, 2019

Spain rescues 549 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean

Spain's maritime rescue service says it has saved 549 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The service says its ...

December 31, 2018

AP photographer Desmond Boylan dies in Havana at 54

Desmond Boylan, a photographer who covered war and conflict across the world before dedicating his life to documenting the ...

December 28, 2018

Food fight: Festival in Spain holds a flour-and-egg battle

Every year since Roman times, it's been a pitched battle for control of the Spanish town of Ibi. Friday's events included a ...

December 27, 2018

Frenchman trying to cross Atlantic in barrel capsule

A 71-year-old Frenchman has departed on a journey across the Atlantic in a specially constructed barrel capsule, designed to ...

December 23, 2018

Spanish PM: Consensus only way to resolve Catalonia crisis

Spain's prime minister said in an interview published Sunday that only a solution supported by a large majority of Catalans ...

December 22, 2018

Aid ship with 311 migrants ignored by Italy, heads to Spain

Spain's Foreign Ministry gave permission Saturday to an aid boat carrying 311 rescued migrants to set course for Spain after ...