European states endorse plan for migrant ‘return hubs’ outside the EU
European Union officials on Monday were putting the finishing touches on a far-reaching revamp of the bloc’s migration rules, aiming to accelerate deportations and expand...
Iraq
Spain & EU pay tribute to victims of terror on 20th anniversary of Madrid train bombings
Spain and officials from the European Union paid tribute on Monday to the 192 victims of the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings that marked...
Sánchez visits Spanish troops in Iraq, supporting country’s ‘sovereignty & stability’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Thursday that he supported Iraq’s ‘sovereignty and stability’, during a visit to Baghdad where he also met with...
Madrid imam arrested by Guardia Civil for ‘radicalising minors’
Spain’s Guardia Civil police said on Thursday that they had arrested a 44-year-old imam who worked as an Arabic teacher and used his position ‘to...
Spain decides to repatriate several women and children from IS camps in Syria
Spain has decided to repatriate several Spanish wives, widows and children of Islamic State fighters from detention camps in northeastern Syria, the government said on Monday,...
King of Spain visits Iraq, first in 40 years
Spain’s King Felipe VI has arrived in Iraq for the first visit there by a Spanish monarch in four decades. The king, whose country is...
