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Spanish soldiers have been withdrawn from Iraq amid mounting tensions between the US and Iran. Ten Spanish troops that were part of a NATO operation in Baghdad have now been moved to Kuwait. Spain has an additional 550 troops stationed at the Besmayah base, southeast of Baghdad.

Socialist PSOE leader Pedro Sánchez took the oath as prime minister yesterday, a day after his proposal to form a leftist coalition government narrowly won a parliamentary confidence vote with support from smaller parties. With the oath-taking before Spanish King Felipe VI, Sánchez ended months of political deadlock following a deal with the anti-austerity Podemos party. The Socialist-led coalition faces the daunting task of trying to rein in separatist tensions […]

Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale will miss the Spanish Super Cup after Real Madrid announced that both players are out with fitness problems. The duo have not travelled to Saudi Arabia, where Madrid face Valencia in the semi-finals of a revised four-team tournament later. Barcelona and Atletico Madrid play tomorrow with the final in Jeddah on Sunday.

The European Parliament has recognized the jailed ERC leader Oriol Junqueras; the former president of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont and former regional councilor Toni Comín as MEPs. The Parliament says it came to its decision following on from last months judgement by the European Court of Justice. However that ruling is at odd’s with the Central Electoral Board, who ruled that they are not able to serve as MEPs due to […]

Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was voted back in to power by Parliament at the second round of an investiture debate yesterday. As expected, the leader of the Socialist Party (PSOE) won a simple majority of just two more “yes” than “no” votes. In the end, 167 MPs voted in favour with 165 against and there were 18 abstentions. Sánchez will now head the first coalition government since the days […]