Sources: euronews
Seven migrants are found dead on beaches after several boats from Algeria sink off the coast of Andalusia, Spain, as authorities rescue 26 people from one vessel and 38 from another and continue searching for additional victims. 2025-09-3
Spain donates 7.5 million vaccines to Latin American countries, with the first countries to receive these vaccines being Peru, Paraguay and Guatemala. 2021-08-5
Papua New Guinea reports its first confirmed case of COVID-19, a male patient from Spain currently being isolated in Lae. The country will also close its borders. 2020-03-20
Spain, Portugal, France, Germany and Luxembourg agree to take in 141 migrants, 67 of them unaccompanied children, who were rescued on Friday by the MV "Aquarius"; Malta allows the ship to dock. 2018-08-14
The Basque separatist terrorist group ETA apologises to "every victim" of its actions. The ETA killed more than 800 people in its 40-year history, committing terrorists attacks throughout Spain. 2018-04-20
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Cuba to begin his three day visit to the country. 2012-03-26
Pope Benedict XVI appoints Charles J. Chaput, the current Archbishop of Denver, as the head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia replacing Cardinal Justin Rigali. 2011-07-19
World Youth Day 2011 organizers announce Pope Benedict XVI’s schedule of activities for the multi-day event, which will take place Aug. 18-21 in Madrid, Spain. 2011-02-10
Pope Benedict XVI begins a visit to Spain at Santiago de Compostela. 2010-11-6
2 firefighters are killed fighting wildfires in Fornelos de Montes, Pontevedra, in Galicia, Spain. 2010-08-13