Shark attack at South Africa's deadliest beach

 Mr Msungubana was swimming with a group of friends in shallow water off Second Beach in Port St Johns, a town on the country’s southeastern coast, when the attack...

Spanish tourism received a welcome boost last week with UK travel agents reporting a rise in interest and bookings to the country.

 Spanish tourism received a welcome boost last week with UK travel agents reporting a rise in interest and bookings to the country. The news came when on Friday the...

Crash and burn time for Spain's crusading judge?

 He indicted late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on genocide charges and became an instant hero to many around the world. A decade later he launched a similar crimes-against-humanity probe...

3 ETA suspects arrested in France

    French police acting alongside Spanish counterparts have arrested three men at a railway station in France on suspicion of belonging to Basque separatist group ETA, the Interior Ministry said...

Days of the Costa del Crime could soon be over

 THE days of the Costa del Crime could be seriously numbered. Or at least, so say the Spanish police. Detectives in Malaga have revealed that a year-long crackdown on...

Iberia pilots announce more strike action

 Pilots from the SEPLA union who work for Iberia have announced three more days of strike action on January 25, 27 and 30. It follows four days of previous...

The Decree to regularize houses in Andalucia

 According to Hillen “It’s possible that this fireworks display will dazzle some but if you look at the detail of the Decree you will see that it does not...

Government to bring in changes to the 'Ley de Costas'

 The current and controversial ‘Ley de Costas’ has been in force since 1988 with hardly any modifications. Now the new Minister for Agriculture, Foodstuffs and the Environment, Miguel Arias...

Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller

 Tom Mueller, in this eye-popping investigation, makes a convincing case that the fraudsters are busier and richer now than ever before. Key to their success is the confusion, snobbery...

SHIP AGROUND: COAST GUARD CONFIRMS 3 DEAD

 At this time, 3 people are confirmed dead in an accident involving the cruising ship Costa Concordia. The ship left Civitavecchia for Savona yesterday at 7:30 PM and ran...

'Six feared dead' and thousands evacuated as cruise ship hits rocks off coast of Italy

 Holidaymakers from France, Italy, Germany and Britain were forced to flee the 1,500-cabin Costa Concordia in lifeboats when it hit a reef less than two hours after leaving port....

US Marines identify 'urination' troops

 At least two of four US Marines shown in a video appearing to urinate on Taliban corpses have been identified, a Marine Corps official has told the BBC. The...

Lashed Aussie on way home from Saudi

 The son of an Australian man who received 75 lashes in Saudi Arabia says his family is pleased his father is returning home. Mansor Almaribe, from Shepparton in Victoria,...

Outspoken Moroccan rapper awaits assault verdict

 A Moroccan rapper who has become one of the monarchy's boldest critics on Wednesday awaited a verdict after a trial on assault charges which his lawyers and right activists...

Iran car explosion kills nuclear scientist in Tehran

 A university lecturer and nuclear scientist has been killed in a car explosion in north Tehran. Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, an academic who also worked at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility,...

As Gaddafi’s ghost haunts Libya the West is fishing in troubled waters

 Libya’s Nato-led ‘revolution’ that toppled Muammar Gaddafi was one of the lead stories of the past year. It is also a story which quickly fell off the prominent parts...

Once powerful Mexican drug lord Benjamin Arellano Felix pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court on Wednesday to drug trafficking, racketeering and money laundering charges

 . Arellano Felix, 58, was the head of the feared Tijuana cartel run by his brothers and operated on the Mexico-U.S. border near San Diego until his capture in...

Drug smuggling bid foiled

 Customs at the airport foiled an attempt by one Egyptian expatriate arriving from Cairo to smuggle 1,000 narcotic pills into the country. The concerned officers said the suspect had...

the secret of the Costa del Sol got out to the world, in a big, big way

 .The mid-Andalusian coastline began to lure Northern European types, weary of their long, dark winters and eager to bask in the region's ever-present sunshine. First came the super-rich and...

Undercover agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, working with their Mexican counterparts, helped transfer millions of dollars in drug cash and even escorted a shipment of cocaine via Dallas to Spain

 The covert activities were undertaken as part of an operation to infiltrate and prosecute a major Colombian-Mexican narco-trafficking organization moving cocaine from Colombia to Mexico and the United States....

Switch to olive oil for better health

 Indian households should completely switch to olive oil as a cooking medium as its nutritional value is very high, it is rich in monounsaturated 'good' fats and, when used...

Trial begins in giant Spanish corruption scandal

 top Spanish former official went on trial Monday at the start of legal proceedings into a raft of corruption scandals in which King Juan Carlos' son-in-law is also accused....

Santander Chairman Botin, Brother Lose Appeal in Spain Tax Case

 Banco Santander SA Chairman Emilio Botin lost a bid at Spain’s National Court to block three groups’ ability to file complaints against him over accusations he broke national tax...

Spanish Home Sales Decline for the Ninth Straight Month as Economy Shrinks

 Spanish home sales declined in November for a ninth month as the economy contracted and unemployment surged. The number of transactions fell 14.4 percent from a year earlier, the...