From financing expeditions in the New World to founding hospitals and schools, these women were incredibly influential—and granted more power than their counterparts back home.

When European explorers first began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, they were searching for new routes to China and the ...

Spain offers a Mediterranean climate and quality health care, making it a popular retirement destination among expats. Retirees relocating to Spain should consider learning Spanish. When choosing ...

Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer and navigator who sailed under the flags of Spain and Portugal. He led the first expedition to circumnavigate the earth, although he passed away before ...

More than 200 people have died in Spain after nearly a year's worth of rain fell in a matter of hours. On Friday, there were at least 205 confirmed deaths in Valencia, two in Castilla La Mancha ...

Torrential rains brought devastation to communities in eastern Spain as flash floods swept away buildings, destroyed bridges and piled debris in streets. Dozens of people have died and the ...

Spain is sending 5,000 more soldiers and 5,000 more police to the eastern region of Valencia after deadly floods this week that killed more than 200 people, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced ...

The International Ship Registry of the Bahamas provided a flag to the notorious single-hulled oil tanker Prestige. In spite of this individual embarrassment, international regulators consider the ...

CHIVA, Spain -- The death toll from historic flash floods in Spain climbed to least 205 people Friday, with many more believed to be missing, as the initial shock gave way to anger, frustration ...

Spain's transport minister, Oscar Puente, suspended all commuter trains in northeast Catalonia. "Do not travel unless strictly necessary," the region's population of eight million people were told ...

The lucrative avocado business is fueling environmental destruction and gang warfare in Mexico. But an Indigenous militia is ...

Spain is reeling from its worst flooding in decades, after a year’s worth of rain fell in just hours this week in the country’s southern and eastern regions. The storm began on Tuesday and has ...