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Bishop Fafael Zornoza is the first Spanish Catholic bishop known to have been investigated by the Vatican for an abuse allegation.

All three members of this year's graduating class at the rabbinical seminary run by the Reform movement in Argentina happened to be from Spain. It was as good an excuse as any to hold the first ordination ceremony in Spain in more than 500 years

'We do not tolerate sporting and cultural events normalizing genocide,' said Spain's Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun, urging a Eurovision boycott if Israel competes in 2026. Spain joins Ireland and the Netherlands in protesting Israel's participation

As part of the deal, Elbit was expected to supply artillery systems to Spain worth several hundred million euros. Against the backdrop of the war in Gaza, Last week, Spain also canceled last week a contract worth $278 million dollars to purchase Spike missiles from Rafael

Loaned from Tottenham, Israeli winger Manor Solomon is expected to get regular minutes at Villarreal in La Liga and the Champions League, but faces backlash in Spain over past posts defending Israel's military campaign in Gaza

Despite announcing the halt of all arms trade agreements with Israeli firms post-October 7, 2023, Spain has reportedly continued buying Israeli weapon systems worth over 1 billion euros. Following internal political pressure, one deal worth 6.6 million euros was called off

Citing Gaza war crimes, Iceland's foreign minister said Israel's inclusion in Eurovision was 'strange and unnatural,' stopping short of calling for a boycott. Spain and Slovenia have also urged a union-wide debate

'Pink' was not the same species as the early human known to have lived in Spain. She (or he) seems to have been from an earlier migration and may speak of upheaval in primeval Europe

The parish priest of Torrecaballeros, Spain, informed Mayor Rubén García de Andrés he was barred from receiving communion due to his sexual orientation and relationship status.

Netanyahu's insistence on Philadelphi corridor remains the main obstacle to reaching hostage release deal, officials familiar with truce talks tell Haaretz ■ Spain hosts a summit of several Muslim, European countries on ways to end the war and implement two-state solution ■ Hezbollah claims it launched a drone that struck IDF base in northern Israel ■ Here's what you need to know 343 days into the war

  Katy Perry is being investigated in Spain for filming her music video for the song "Lifetimes" without obtaining the necessary permits in the ecologically sensitive area of S'Espalmador, which includes protected dunes. The production company failed to obtain the required authorization for filming in the protected portion of the Balearic Islands. Katy Perry's comeback […]

Three people were arrested in Spain and one in Germany on suspicion of belonging to a network supplying Hezbollah with drone equipment. Authorities believe Hezbollah may have built several hundred drones with these components

Israel releases from detention the director of Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital along with some 50 other Palestinians ■ PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant say they were not privy to decision ■ Spain asks to join South Africa's petition accusing Israel of genocide at the ICJ ■ Smotrich says he approved five new settlements as response to countries unilaterally recognizing Palestinian state ■ Here's what you need to know 269 days into the war

While official Palestinian channels thanked Norway, Ireland and Spain for their decision to recognize a Palestinian state, some online were more questioning

  Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday it had ordered an immediate recall of its ambassadors to Ireland, Spain, and Norway in response to those nations' decisions to recognize a Palestinian state. The prime ministers of Norway, Ireland, and Spain announced this morning that they will officially recognize a Palestinian state starting next […]

EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said that along Spain and Ireland, a number of EU countries will take the first step towards recognizing the state of Palestine, a move he regarded as a 'symbolic act of a political nature'

Spain’s Balearic Islands, home to 800 to 1,000 ethnic Majorcan crypto-Jews who had been persecuted since the 1492 inquisition, has finally recognized the abuses perpetrated against ethnic Jews.