Spain seizes 17 tonnes of hashish on boat
--> Customs agents boarded the boat some 60 nautical miles off the coast of the Spanish town of Fuengirola on Friday and escorted it to the port of Malaga where they unloaded the drug haul, they...
View ArticleTighter border security means more migrants die while trying to enter US,...
The remains of 45 suspected migrants from Mexico and beyond rest in body bags and zippered pouches in Bruce Anderson’s office at Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office in Arizona. Anderson, a forensic...
View ArticleItalian mafia suspects nabbed in sting op
Madrid - Spanish police on Tuesday arrested about 20 suspected members of a mafia group thought to be involved in an international drug-running empire worth around a billion euros, a judicial source...
View ArticleSpanish police arrest Italian mafia suspects
MADRID: Spanish police arrested about 20 suspected members of a mafia group thought to be involved in an international drug-running empire worth around a billion euros, a judicial source said. The...
View ArticleMan risks his life trying to enter Spain
MADRID (AP) -- Police have arrested a man who secretly clung onto a catamaran ferry in Morocco and traveled to Spain by holding onto...
View Article>Man risks his life trying to enter Spain
MADRID (AP) — Police have arrested a man who secretly clung onto a catamaran ferry in Morocco and traveled to Spain by...
View Article'Hope 2013' European Healthcare Professional Exchange Programme draws to a...
(Source: Prime Minister's Office of Spain) The Hope Programme was first organised in 1981 and Spain has been taking part since 1989. The chosen theme for the project this year was "Patient Safety in...
View ArticleReport: Rohingya refugees face 'appalling' conditions in Thailand
June 7, 2013 -- Updated 0241 GMT (1041 HKT) Thousands of Rohingya refugees -- such these pictured in March this year -- have flooded into Thailand. (CNN) -- If it were not for the powerful stench and...
View Article12 bodies of Myanmar immigrants found in sea off Thailand after boat sinks
BANGKOK — Police say at least 12 bodies of migrant workers from Myanmar were found floating in the sea on Thailand’s west coast after their boat sank during bad weather. Police Maj. Gen. Taweeporn...
View ArticleSyrians accuse Greece of 'pushing back' migrant boats
Some of the Syrians fleeing the conflict in their country have crossed Turkey aiming for Greece, in order to claim asylum in the European Union. But to get there they have to take to boats - and there...
View ArticleTwo Moroccans tried for homosexuality get four months
A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African nation. Prosecutors at...
View ArticleAlgerian tries to secretly enter Spain by riding a catamaran near its...
MADRID — Police have arrested a man who secretly clung onto a catamaran ferry in Morocco and traveled to Spain by holding onto the rear of one of its engines. Authorities released dramatic photographs...
View Article2 Moroccans tried for homosexuality get 4 months
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African...
View ArticleForgotten Western Sahara pines for autonomy
Story Highlights Royal family of Morocco first came to power nearly 500 years agoMoroccans trace lineages back to Arab invaders, Berber tribesman and indigenous AfricansThe monarchy won independence...
View ArticleAmnesty report rebukes EU for ‘failing to guarantee’ the safety...
When the Arab spring surged into full force, most Europeans hailed the revolutionary events as a triumph for democracy. But the overthrow of regimes across the upper edges of Africa and into the...
View ArticleCannabis culture thriving in Morocco’s Rif Mountains
"If you try to grow other crops here they will fail," says Ahmed, surrounded by lush green fields of cannabis, the illegal plant he and thousands of other poor farmers in Morocco's Rif Mountains depend...
View ArticleGambian Immigrant Dies in Spain Voyage
[Foroyaa]Balang Makalo, a Gambian Immigrant, was reported to have died in...
View ArticleMoroccan police find 5 drowned would be migrants
Morocco's state news agency says that police have rescued seven immigrants in a boat off the Mediterranean coast and found...
View ArticleAt Least 5 Migrants Drown Trying To Reach Spain From Morocco
At least five illegal migrants drowned off the coast of northern Morocco as they were attempting to reach Spain, the Moroccan authorities said. The rescue services were alerted to the presence of a...
View ArticleIllegal immigrants die trying to reach Spain
Rabat - At least five illegal migrants drowned off the coast of northern Morocco as they were attempting to reach Spain, the Moroccan authorities said late on Monday. The rescue services were alerted...
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