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Sánchez pushes through controversial housing decrees following call for snap election in Spain

Calling the election on November 29 has allowed Sanchez to bring in the new rules with the support of a smaller caretaker body.

People take part in a protest against fascism and the housing crisis in Puerta del Sol square, where a camp has been set up, demanding political action to stop evictions and address the housing crisis, following the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her home, in Madrid, Spain, October 3, 2026.
UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese has become one of the most controversial figures in the UN human rights system, drawing condemnation over her statements on Israel and the Gaza War.

When Francesca Albanese gets it wrong, Spanish media look away - opinion

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez looks on before attending the "SPA Initiative Announcement: Towards A Renewed Global Health Ecosystem", during the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, in Seville, Spain.

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez calls snap November election as far-right looms and polling lags

Far right protesters take part in a demonstration against the camp that has been set up, demanding political action to stop evictions and address the housing crisis, following the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her home, in Madrid, Spain, October 03, 2026.

Spanish police fire rubber bullets, arrest neo-Nazi extremists in massive housing crisis riots


Spanish director Alberto Sciamma brings his allegorical film, ‘Cielo,’ to Haifa Film Festival

While the landscapes of Bolivia are spectacular, the film shows how harsh life can be there.

ALBERTO SCIAMMA at the Haifa festival: "Hopefully, [the film] appeals to the heart, and then people bring their own feelings and experiences to it."

Antisemitic incidents in Spain rose 14.5% in 2025, Spanish Jewish group tells Senate in report

The report emphasized that Israel has been made the center of hostilities that have spilled over into Jewish communities, institutions, and sympathetic citizens.

Núcleo Nacional demonstrators raise their arms during a rally in Barcelona, Spain, September 2, 2026.

Ceuta mass migrant crossing handling 'responsibility of all EU,' Spanish king says

72,000 migrants, most from Morocco, crossed the border into Ceuta on July 30, prompting Italy to suspend the EU's border-free Schengen arrangements with Spain for one month.

Spain's King Felipe VI attends Congress for the swearing-in ceremony of Peru's President-elect Keiko Fujimori, in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, July 28, 2026.

Morocco's king appoints first female prime minister following election

The incoming government will oversee the final stages of a $20-billion push to prepare for the 2030 World Cup, which Morocco will co-host with Portugal and Spain.

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri.

Spain plans stricter rules on asylum seekers in Ceuta after border crisis, draft decree shows

The decree, designed to speed up applications and deportations for over 10,000 migrants who remain in the tiny territory, would mark a major strategic shift for Spain's pro-immigration government.

Moroccan security forces clash with migrants attempting to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta near the town of Fnideq, on the Morocco-Spain border, on July 31, 2026.

More than 350 cultural figures slam Spanish festival for canceling Jewish novelist’s invitation

A petition signed by 352 cultural figures accused a Spanish literary festival of undermining free expression after it canceled Jewish Argentine novelist Ariana Harwicz’s appearance.

Ariana Harwicz attends the "Die My Love" New York premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on Nov. 1, 2025.

MDA hosts knowledge-sharing workshop for Latin American, Spanish emergency organization officials

Over the years, MDA has partnered in "transferring knowledge and assisting in the establishment and development of emergency medical systems in various countries."

Magen David Adom vehicles.

Archaeologists unearth tomb shared by ancient Egyptian judge and his scribe father

While the tomb itself had been previously known, discovered by French archaeologist Auguste Mariette in the nineteenth century, the chapels found within it were not.

Entrance to tomb found at Mariette Cemetery site located north of the village of Saqqara, Egypt, September 18, 2026.

Modern human men evolved unique hip 'spring' for efficient walking, Israeli-led study finds

A new Tel Aviv University study challenges assumptions about the Neanderthal pelvis, finding that modern human males evolved a distinct walking mechanism.

A reconstruction of the skeleton.

Rubber bullets fired as Spain moves migrants from Ceuta beach camps

About 10,000 people remain in the North African enclave following July’s unprecedented border rush, authorities said.

People wait for relocation at Benitez beach settlement following the mass crossing of migrants from Morocco, in Ceuta, Spain, September 16, 2026.