MADRID, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) — Smoking in enclosed public areas in Spain is now illegal after an anti-smoking law became effective on Sunday. Issued by the government on Dec. 21, 2010, the law bans smoking in such enclosed public places as airports,...

(CNN) — Spain is demanding that Morocco explain the death of an apparent Spanish citizen, according to a Spanish Foreign Ministry statement.

A 49-year-old American woman who lived in the southern Spanish city of Seville was killed, cut up into pieces and thrown into a river, police said Wednesday. A 30-year-old Spanish man who knew the victim has been arrested, and a police search of his...

Spain’s foreign minister is in Havana and is expected to press the Cuban government to free jailed dissidents. Miguel Angel Moratinos is scheduled to meet his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez Parilla, on Tuesday.

At least nine people have been killed in storms that have lashed parts of Spain, Portugal and France. Winds of up to 140km/h (87mph) caused chaos as they moved from Portugal up through the Bay of Biscay. Five people are reported to have been killed in...