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Train collides with crane in Spain's fourth rail crash in a week, four injured

Several people suffered minor injuries in the crash near the port city of Cartagena in the Murcia region, authorities reported on Thursday.

Train line R1 out of service, while all railway infrastructure is checked after three derailments in 48 hours caused accidents that left dozens dead in El Masnou, Spain, January 22, 2026.
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.

Second train derailment in two days in Spain leaves one dead, 20 injured near Barcelona

Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso during a press conference, January 10, 2026; illustrative.

Xavi Alonso leaves Real Madrid by mutual agreement after loss to Barcelona in Super Cup final

HAPOEL TEL AVIV guard Antonio Blakeney reacts after scoring two of his game-high 25 points in the Reds’ 80-65 Euroleague rout of visiting Dubai.

Hapoel Tel Aviv beats Dubai, Maccabi falls in Barcelona


Israeli tourism site says vacations to Barcelona have plummeted

The number of vacations booked to the Catalan region by Israelis has dropped 23%.

People wave Spanish, Catalan (known as Senyera) and European Union flags during a demonstration in favor of a unified Spain a day before the banned October 1 independence referendum, in Barcelona, Spain, September 30, 2017.

IN PICTURES: Hundreds of thousands march for unified Spain

Protesters on Sunday turned out in the largest display of support for a united Spain since the beginning of the crisis in Catalonia.

Pro-unity supporters take part in a demonstration in central Barcelona, Spain

Jewish-Arab coexistence group in Barcelona celebrate new years together

“Islamophobia and antisemitism have created this situation over time, and it is a vicious circle."

FROM LEFT: Leticia Torre, Oumaima Alouiz, Jura Zymantas and Rachel Sair engage in a discussion last Wednesday at the Salam Shalom Barcelona event.

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

My Word: Independence and states of the mind

Some 150 countries are currently involved in territorial disputes. Israel isn’t to blame.

People wave Spanish, Catalan (known as Senyera) and European Union flags during a demonstration in favor of a unified Spain a day before the banned October 1 independence referendum, in Barcelona, Spain, September 30, 2017.

Over 800 injured as Catalans vote in favor of independence

The streets of Catalonia erupted into violence as national police burst into polling stations with batons, dragging voters away.

Riot police remove demonstrators outside a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain, October 1, 2017.

Spanish police move to prevent Catalonia independence vote

The referendum, declared illegal by Spain's central government, has thrown the country into its worst constitutional crisis in decades and raised fears of street violence.

People wave Spanish, Catalan (known as Senyera) and European Union flags during a demonstration in favor of a unified Spain a day before the banned October 1 independence referendum, in Barcelona, Spain, September 30, 2017.

No compromise on antisemitism

Antisemitism is fundamentally mythical, an irrational explanation of the world.

Members of the Ku Klux Klan face counter-protesters as they rally in support of Confederate monuments in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. July 8, 2017

Spanish police shoot dead Barcelona van driver suspect

Spanish police used robots to assess if Younes Abouyaaqoub's explosive belt was fake.

The suspected van is towed away from the area where it crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain, August 18, 2017.

Barcelona rabbi backtracks doomsday comments

The Jewish community of Barcelona is upset by chief rabbi Meir Bar-Hen's interview published after last week's terror attack.

Police evacuate people after a van crashed into pedestrians near the Las Ramblas avenue in central Barcelona, Spain August 17, 2017.