Sources: BBC
A 30-year-old Spanish tourist is seriously injured in a stabbing attack at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Germany. A 19-year-old Syrian man is arrested. 2025-02-21
Flooding caused by torrential rainfall in parts of southern and eastern Spain causes a train to derail in Andalusia. Seven people are reported missing in the towns of Letur and L'Alcúdia. 2024-10-29
At least 35 people are missing after a dinghy carrying migrants sinks off the coast of the Canary Islands, Spain. 2023-06-21
Spain surpasses China in the number of COVID-19-related deaths and becomes the country with the second-most deaths, after an increase of 738 in a single day. 2020-03-25
Spain plans to sue leading members of the Catalan Parliament over the proposed independence referendum in Catalonia. 2017-09-7
Police in Spain formally detain the driver of a high-speed train that derailed and crashed in Santiago de Compostela, killing 78, on July 24. The driver is accused of manslaughter and reckless driving. 2013-07-26
A high-speed train carrying 225 passengers derails near Santiago de Compostela, Spain, leaving 80 dead and over 140 injured. It is Spain's deadliest rail incident since the 2004 Madrid train bombings, and the country's worst accidental train disaster since the Torre del Bierzo rail disaster in 1944. 2013-07-24
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
Protests against the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Spain take place. 2010-11-5