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Spain Offers to Take Migrant Ship Amid Italy-Malta Standoff

11 June 2018 - Italy and Malta immediately thanked Spain's new Socialist prime minister for the offer to receive the SOS Mediterranee rescue ship Aquarius at the port of Valencia.

WhatsApp ‘Martinelli’ Phone Virus Warning

17 April 2018 - One of several similar WhatsApp malware hoaxes warns that a "Martinelli" video could "hack" your phone.

Is the United States Returning Puerto Rico to Spain?

2 January 2018 - A report in El Nuevo Día that the United States plans to return Puerto Rico to Spain was a Day of the Holy Innocents prank.

Did a Young Girl Disconnect her Grandfather’s Life Support to Plug in her Phone’s Charger?

1 November 2017 - An article reporting that a young girl unplugged a life-support machine to charge her mobile phone was just an international hoax.

Catalonia Urges Mediation With Spain in Secession Dispute

2 October 2017 - The call comes after a referendum for independence turned violent when Spanish police tried to block the vote, leaving hundreds injured.

Spanish Woman Cut in Half in Fatal Elevator Accident?

23 August 2017 - A web site posted an unclear translation of a news account about a grisly incident that killed a Spanish woman in a hospital shortly after she gave birth.

Police Shoot Dead Suspected Barcelona Van Attacker

21 August 2017 - Police say Younes Abouyaaqoub was wearing an explosives belt when he was shot dead in Subirats, a town west of Barcelona.

Spain Death Toll to 15 as Suspect Linked to Fatal Carjacking

21 August 2017 - On 21 August 2017, Spanish authorities raised the death toll in the country's August 2017 vehicle attacks to 15.

Spanish Police Intensify Manhunt After Second Fatal Vehicle Attack Near Barcelona

18 August 2017 - Hours after a fatal van attack on pedestrians in Barcelona, police say a car plowed into civilians in the nearby seaside resort of Cambrils.

Terrorist Van Attack Kills 13 People, Injures 50 in Barcelona

17 August 2017 - The incident took place in the city's historic Las Ramblas district.

Fisherman Survives Inside Whale for Three Days

3 September 2016 - The faux-spirituality web site Spirit Science posted a spoof story of a Spanish fisherman supposedly swallowed by a whale, who lived to tell the story.