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Nearly 300 Afghan refugees who helped Spain during western military action arrive on plane from Pakistan

A plane carrying 294 Afghans and their families who worked for Spain landed in the country on a flight from Pakistan on Wednesday night. Most...

Guy Ritchie film starring Jake Gyllenhaal to shoot in Spain with base in Alicante area football stadium car park

A blockbuster thriller movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal will have its location base at a Petrer sports stadium car park. 'The Interpreter' will be directed by...

Gibraltar businessman behind daring humanitarian mission to rescue 92 people, including 33 children, from Afghanistan

ONE of Gibraltar’s most prominent businessmen is behind a daring rescue mission that has successfully extracted 92 people from Afghanistan and imminent danger at...

Spain pledges to evacuate more Afghans and their families from Taliban threat

SPAIN has said it will launch a new evacuation operation to extract those Afghans who worked for Spanish authorities and are now at risk...

How an Olive Press reader, a Spanish prince and an Instagram star helped rescue 2000 vulnerable Afghans as Taliban...

THREE MEN from wildly different backgrounds joined forces to save thousands of lives as Kabul was falling under the Taliban in Afghanistan. Shiv Shanker Nair,...

Spain’s Foreign Minister goes to Pakistan to help get safe passage for Afghan helpers

SPAIN'S Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albares, has travelled to Pakistan today(September 10) to try to get safe passage for Afghan refugees who helped Spanish...

Spain’s Balearic Islands will host five families from Afghanistan amid looming ‘humanitarian catastrophe’

The new arrivals will stay in two of the government's dedicated hostels for refugees in Mallorca which are run by the Red CrossThe new arrivals will stay in two of the government's dedicated hostels for refugees in Mallorca which are run by the Red Cross

Irene Montero compares violence against women in Afghanistan with what is happening in Spain

SPAIN’S Equality Minister has compared the oppression faced by women in Afghanistan with violence against women in Spain. Irene Montero called for ‘alliances’ to...

Spain completes final dash to leave Afghanistan as thousands face being left behind

SPANISH troops have completed a frantic countdown to rescue people from Afghanistan as the airlift looks set to end this afternoon.  Just hours of evacuation...

‘Source of pride’ Junta confirms Andalucia is on track to receive 4000 Afghan refugees

THE president of the Junta de Andalucia has confirmed the region is on track to receive thousands of Afghan refugees.  Juanma Moreno said that it...

Afghan refugees in Spain: How many will arrive and what aid is offered to them

A THIRD flight carrying evacuees fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan arrived in Spain on Saturday night at a military airbase close to Madrid where...

Spain welcomes first Afghan refugees at temporary camp set up on Madrid airbase

THE first flights carrying evacuees fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan arrived at a military airbase outside Madrid where a temporary camp has been set...

Spain starts airlifting embassy officials and Afghan staff out of Kabul on flight to Dubai

SPAIN'S military airlift of Afghanistan embassy staff and Afghan workers has started. An A400M plane, normally based at Zaragoza, took off from Kabul airport this...

VIDEO: Afghan ‘plastic bag’ lad refuses to leave the pitch after meeting Lionel Messi

The young lad joined Messi and the Barcelona team on the pitch as the team’s mascot before an exhibition game between the Catalan giants and Qatar

Afghan lad receives signed Messi shirt after wearing striped plastic bag replica

Signed by the Barcelona captain, a replica Argentina shirt was flown out to the Ghazni province of Afghanistan for five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi

BREAKING: Taliban bomb Spanish embassy in Afghanistan

The terrorist organisation said it launched the attack on a Spanish embassy guest house, in its quest to rid the capital of 'invaders'

Remembrance service held in Nerja to mark 100th anniversary of WWI

Nerja pays tribute to the fallen soldiers of WWI

Fabian Picardo visits Gibraltar troops

Chief Minister gets a glimpse of combat during training exercise in Morocco

Three suspected Al-Qaeda members arrested in Cadiz and Ciudad Real

Spanish authorities found the men with explosives and poison

Hillary Clinton to visit Spain

The US Secretary of State will meet officials in Madrid as part of European tour.

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