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Qatar's $300 billion sovereign wealth fund plans to invest $5 billion in Spanish projects, the Gulf state's ruler said late yesterday at a dinner held in his honour in...

At midnight today, Morocco and Spain reopened their land borders in the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, after they were closed for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic...

The US plans to remove a radical Jewish group and a Palestinian group which has fought against the occupation from its list of terror organisations. According to AP, US State...

Fifteen European countries, on Friday, urged Israel to stop plans for more illegal settlements in the West Bank, according to an official statement, Anadolu News Agency reports. "We are...

Forty-four irregular migrants drowned on Sunday when their boat capsized off the coast of the disputed region of Western Sahara, the Spanish migrant aid agency Caminando Fronteras has reported....

Spain's gas bill is bound to rise sharply if Algeria follows through on its threat to terminate supplies, according to an analyst, Anadolu reports. Algeria warned this week it...

The state-owned oil and gas company QatarEnergy yesterday awarded a major engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the North Field East LNG expansion to a consortium of Spain's...

Algeria threatened, Wednesday, to cut off gas supplies to Spain if any of the gas winds up in a different location than specified by a contract, Anadolu News Agency...

The Spanish Foreign Minister yesterday said that he "does not want to fuel futile differences" with Algeria after Madrid changed its position regarding the Western Sahara and backed Morocco's...

A huge oil field has been discovered off the coast of Morocco by British company Europa Oil & Gas, Spain's Motorpasion website has reported. The reserves in the field...

Algeria will continue gas supply to Spain despite a diplomatic row with Madrid over Western Sahara, the country's president said on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported. "We assure the Spanish...

A Portuguese man is set to face an extradition hearing in Madrid over allegations he was involved in the devastating 2020 port explosion in Beirut, authorities said on Thursday,...

Spanish football giant FC Barcelona is reported to have forced one of its young stars to delete a pro-Palestine Instagram post. According to Palestine Online, 20-year-old winger Abde Ezzalzouli,...

Former Moroccan Prime Minister and Secretary-General of the Justice and Development Party, Abdelilah Benkirane, on Tuesday said his government had told the king that the contact which saw Algeria...

Faced with renewed interest in its natural gas following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Algeria may not be able to meet the growing demand, according to a report today by the FT. Despite...

Algeria has demanded "frank clarifications" from Spain before its envoy returns to Madrid following the Spanish government's surprise shift in its position over the Western Sahara issue. The Algerians...

The European Parliament (EP) is monitoring the deterioration of the political, economic and social situation in Tunisia as a result of President Kais Saied taking all powers in his...

Morocco and Spain yesterday said they would resume sea travel between the two countries. The agreement came during a meeting between the Moroccan King Mohammed VI and Spanish Prime...

The Spanish parliament yesterday condemned the government's shift in position over the Western Sahara, saying it has abandoned its "historic" neutral position on the conflict. The Spanish parliament said the government's...

Israel has been the 10th largest international arms exporter over the past five years, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Measuring the arms trade from 2017 to...

Algeria intends to review its agreements with Spain and France over the issue of Western Sahara, Rai Al-Youm has reported. The Algerian government has refused to receive French Prime...

A court in Algeria yesterday convicted a former military man to five years in prison and fined him more than $2,000 on charges of "joining a terrorist group that commits acts...

Spain's Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albares, fiercely defended in parliament, on Wednesday, the country's decision to side with Morocco regarding the status of Western Sahara. For decades, Spain has...

The EU has backed Spain's new position on the fate of Western Sahara as an autonomous region of Morocco, Reuters has reported. This was a surprise change of tack...

The Spanish government informed Algeria in advance about its support for Morocco's proposal to grant some autonomy to the Western Sahara, which enraged Algeria, one of Madrid's main gas...

Morocco's ambassador to Spain will return to Madrid after the government in the Spanish capital clarified that it supports Rabat's autonomy proposal for Western Sahara, Reuters reported on Sunday....

Spain has changed its stance towards Western Sahara and announced its support for the Moroccan initiative on this region, according to a message sent by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro...

Moroccan authorities yesterday deported 20 Yemeni refugees after they tried to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla, a rights group has said. The Moroccan Organisation on Human Rights said...

The Supreme Court of Spain on Tuesday backed Twitter's decision to temporarily block the account of Vox party for hate speech, Anadolu News Agency reports. The social media platform...

Right-wing nationalist Santiago Abascal claimed Muslim men of 'military age' were attempting to 'colonise' Europe

The leader of Spain's far-right Vox Party, Santiago Abascal, demanded on Wednesday that his country should deploy troops in the cities of Ceuta and Melilla to protect Spanish borders...

More than 2,000 people tried to jump the border fence into Spain's Northern African enclave of Melilla this morning, a Spanish government delegate said. "Since I've been in the...