Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 17. Check what happened ...

John McCaa recalls a moment in his early career when he could not report on a political assassination in Spain. In our own ...

The Socialists, stricken by scandals, may be forced to call a snap election, giving the conservative leader an opportunity that is unlikely to come again.

Today in History for July 22: In 1582, England's first newspaper, the "English Mercurie," began publication. (The newspaper was later claimed to be a literary hoax written by the second Earl of ...

Beginning of the Muslim Era as Muhammad begins flight from Mecca to Medina 1054: Three Roman legates fracture relations ...

Spain's fierce passion for football took an unexpected turn on Thursday as two teams faced off playing with an unusual ball: ...

He attracted attention more than a decade ago with "Always Franco", a life-sized representation of the general in a refrigerator that sparked an uproar at Madrid's ARCO art festival in 2012.

MADRID - Spain's Supreme Court has ruled that the descendants of dictator Francisco Franco must return two valuable Romanesque statues to the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela, according ...