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Six-year-old girl who went to see Lion King is family's sole survivor of Spanish train crash

The girl, who has not been officially named, suffered only a minor head wound. The family had been returning to their home in Aljaraque, on the Atlantic coast near Huelva, according to Spanish media.

Queen Letizia of Spain speaks with an injured girl during her visit to the Reina Sofia Hospital, following the deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, January 20, 2026 (Illustrative).
Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, at the site of a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, January 19, 2026.

Survivors recall horror of southern Spain train crash that killed at least 40 people

Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, at the site of a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, January 19, 2026.

Thirty nine killed in high-speed train collision in southern Spain

Hezbollah supporters hold images of late former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and current leader Naim Qassem at a ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the first anniversary of Hassan Nasrallah's killing by Israel, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, September 27, 2025.

Israel, Lebanon hold first senior-level talks in decades as US pushes engagement


Israeli president fans out on Real Madrid soccer field

Israeli President Rivlin and Real Madrid President Florentino Perez discussed the importance of sport as a vehicle for inculcating positive values in youth.

President Reuven Rivlin receives Real Madrid shirt from Florentino Perez, President of Real Madrid.

Torah scroll that women helped write to be unveiled in Madrid

The project was announced last year at the start of the 25th anniversary celebration of Bet El Madrid.

THE AUTHOR’S granddaughter reading from the Torah at her bat mitzvah.

Why some national movements are more equal than others

One of the fundamental principles of international law is a people’s right to self-determination – to freely choose their political status without external interference.

A BULLET and the Kurdistan flag are seen on a Peshmerga fighter’s vest during a battle with ISIS near Bashiqa, Iraq, last year.

Spaniards take to streets as Catalonia independence tensions rise

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy insists the region must give up the independence push.

People attend a demonstration in favour of dialogue in a square in Barcelona, Spain, October 7, 2017

A Spanish odyssey: Digging up Sephardi roots

Almost two years on, it’s time to examine a much-talked-about law meant to right a historical wrong for exiled Sephardim and offer them Spanish citizenship.

Tourists pay a visit to Toledo’s 12th-century synagogue, Santa Maria La Blanca, in central Spain.