Spain
Archeologists Discover Huge Stone Penis in Ancient Roman Ruins
The hefty phallus is 17 inches long and may be the biggest example from ancient Rome ever discovered.
Sunken Villages Are Emerging From Dried-Up Reservoirs During Europe’s Heatwave
Villages and churches were sunk in the 1960s by Spain’s fascist dictator. Now, the blistering heat has dried out reservoirs and exposed a forgotten past.
Spain Rations Ice and Cracks Down on Air Conditioning During Extreme Heatwave
Spain’s government has announced a flurry of new measures to reduce energy consumption and lower the country’s dependence on Russian oil and gas, while supermarkets try to prevent ice shortages.
Million-Dollar Wine Heist Ends With Mexican Beauty Queen Arrested in Europe
Priscila Lara Guevara, former Miss Earth 2016 for Mexico State, and her partner Constantín Gabriel Dumitru spent months on the run after stealing the bottles from an upscale restaurant hotel in Spain.
Corporate Carbon Offset Company Accidentally Starts Devastating Wildfire
This is the second forest fire started by Land Life in a month.
Spain Taxes Banks and Energy Companies to Make Trains Free for 4 Months
Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the windfall tax would also fund enhanced youth scholarships and help build 12,000 new homes.
Cops Investigating ‘WhatsApp for Gangsters’ Arrest Key Suspect in Caribbean
Paul Krusky played a crucial role in the development of encrypted phone firm EncroChat. Now he has been arrested in the Dominican Republic.
23 African Migrants Died as They Tried to Reach Spain. The World Wants Answers.
Rights groups and the UN have demanded an independent investigation into the deaths of the men trying to cross from Morocco after disturbing video emerged on social media.
How a Tweet Led to the Downfall of a $1 Billion Drug Cartel
The Kinahans are accused of running a murderous criminal gang comparable to the Camorra in Italy or Los Zetas in Mexico. As the law catches up with them, it appears their ties to big-match boxing could be their undoing.
Hemp Farmers in Spain Keep Getting Accused of Being Drug Lords
Spain's complicated drug laws mean hemp farmers are having their legal crop destroyed by police, and stolen by gangs who think it's cannabis.
‘They Told Us We Should Die’: Far-Right Hate Enters Madrid’s Classrooms
Even in one of the supposedly most gay-friendly cities in the world, people running workshops about gender identity and LGBTQ rights are being accused of indoctrination.
How Latin American Gangs Are Muscling in on Madrid's Crime Scene
Spain's strict COVID lockdown helped foment a generation of restless kids with nothing to do. Now police say they're being recruited by gangs via social media.