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Lessons from Pablo Neruda’s mind-bending verse. My friend Ravi introduced me to the love poems of Pablo Neruda when we were teenagers. On the cover of the writer’s “Selected Poems,” [...]

El Tren Maya, which links five states in southern Mexico, is one of the country’s most-debated infrastructure projects. Carved through the Yucatán Peninsula at great expense, the 966-mile loop pits [...]

The financier Sir James Goldsmith created two lavish retreats in Mexico that are now hotels. A writer checked in to get a peek inside the world of the superwealthy. About [...]

The financier Sir James Goldsmith created two lavish retreats in Mexico that are now hotels. A writer checked in to get a peek inside the world of the superwealthy. About [...]

For decades, Hezbollah has been a significant force in Lebanon, wielding both political power and military strength — all while engaging in tit-for-tat skirmishes with Israel. As Israel prepares a [...]

A day after President Biden said Israel had agreed to allow some aid into Gaza, the focus turned on Thursday to how soon food and medicine could get in as [...]

Some Palestinians said they were considering returning to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip as strikes intensified in the south. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who heeded the Israeli [...]

While Israel has called on residents of the Gaza Strip to evacuate to the southern part of the blockaded enclave, its military continues to bombard targets there. Gazan authorities say [...]

Some Palestinians said they were considering returning to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip as strikes intensified in the south. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who heeded the Israeli [...]

As Israel prepares for a possible ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, tension is also flaring on its northern border with Lebanon, creating worries that the war could spread. On [...]

While Israelis have largely shown solidarity in the aftermath of the stunning Hamas incursion last weekend, Israeli politicians have begun to face a backlash in some quarters from people angered [...]

Following the deadliest assault on Israel in half a century, the country is vowing to crush Hamas, and both sides are bracing for an escalating war. After the deadliest assault [...]

Following the deadliest assault on Israel in half a century, the country is vowing to crush Hamas, and both sides are bracing for an escalating war. After the deadliest assault [...]

As Israel faces what may be its biggest war in decades, an important question is hanging over the nation: Who will lead the effort? Since the attacks on Israel over [...]

While Hamas’s attack against Israel has left a record death toll, casualties among Palestinians are also outpacing those of past conflicts in the Gaza Strip. At least 1,055 Palestinians have [...]

El 19 de octubre de 2021, Armando Linares López escribía notas de una entrevista cuándo su celular comenzó a vibrar, mostrando un número desconocido. Linares, de 49 años, fornido y [...]

On Oct. 19, 2021, Armando Linares López was writing up notes from an interview when his cellphone buzzed with an unknown number. Linares, 49 and stocky with black hair that [...]

On a recent afternoon, Jo Farb Hernández, a Californian folklorist and curator, was admiring the bizarre structure that stood before her near Spain's border with France. Flowerlike concrete appendages rose [...]

On a recent afternoon, Jo Farb Hernández, a Californian folklorist and curator, was admiring the bizarre structure that stood before her near Spain’s border with France. Flowerlike concrete appendages rose [...]

La ola de escándalos que envolvería a España comenzó con una redada policial en una finca boscosa a las afueras de Madrid. Era el 3 de noviembre de 2017 y [...]

The wave of scandals that would engulf Spain began with a police raid on a wooded property outside Madrid. It was Nov. 3, 2017, and the target was José Manuel [...]

The scene on the tarmac with Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout didn’t just show a prisoner trade. It told the story of where two rival countries had landed decades after [...]

En un cálido día de octubre de 2017, Ana Belén Pintado decidió despejar un poco de espacio en su garaje. Su padre, Manuel, había muerto en 2010, seguido por su [...]

On a balmy October day in 2017, Ana Belén Pintado decided to clear out some space in her garage. Her father, Manuel, died in 2010, followed by her mother, Petra, [...]

The governing party emerged victorious from a snap election, but without the majority needed to avoid forming a coalition in the fractious Parliament. LISBON -- Portugal's governing Socialist Party was [...]

For decades, Spain has been a prime destination for European snowbirds. Even as the Omicron variant spreads, the country is keeping its doors wide open to visitors. TAHICHE, Spain -- [...]

Yet another imprudent fix in a land plagued by vigilante handymen led to angry calls to find the culprit -- and to a soul-searching question: Does Spain just have too [...]

''I've always seen space as an area where we cooperate, through all the trying times,'' said a professor who oversaw mission control for the global effort to launch a $10 [...]

In the years since Juan Carlos, Spain's former king, fled the country to escape corruption investigations, some of the cases have been resolved or dropped. Now Spaniards are weighing whether [...]

On the eve of the biggest holidays in Europe, exhaustion with the pandemic is rising. So is resignation that the virus is endemic. MADRID -- Covid-19 infections were rising all [...]

As some nations impose tough restrictions in the face of soaring cases, others, including France, are lying back for the moment. PARIS -- The Dutch can now invite only two [...]

Spain surpassed others in Europe by avoiding politicized debate about Covid shots. Citizens also largely heeded the health guidance from their leaders. MADRID -- A month ago, Spain was riding [...]

Protesters in Barcelona are pushing back against foreign investment firms that have bought up thousands of homes over the past decade and are forcing out residents who can't pay the [...]

Yunior García, a rising star of the Cuban protest movement, fled to Spain. He is one of a young generation of artists who say they have chosen exile over imprisonment. [...]

An artist and an innkeeper have enlisted the help of a burro in their effort to rescue the traditions of Spain's ancient pilgrimage route from mass tourism (and selfies). SANTIAGO [...]

Carmen Mola, a novelist publishing under a pen name, seemed to shatter a glass ceiling in the world of Spanish books. But when the author's true identity was revealed while [...]

Martín Zamora, the owner of a funeral parlor near Gibraltar, has found an unusual line of business among the relatives of those who drown trying to reach Europe. ALGECIRAS, Spain [...]

Spanish politicians sparred with Pope Francis over their country's role in conquering the Americas, signaling a nationalist tilt in the conservative establishment. MADRID -- In a letter to Mexican bishops [...]

A mayoral bid by a TV commentator known for her inflammatory messaging on race raises a larger question: How should Portugal address its colonial legacy? AMADORA, Portugal -- She is [...]

The arrest of Mr. Puigdemont, on the island of Sardinia, came on a warrant issued by Spain's Supreme Court on charges of sedition. MADRID -- Carles Puigdemont, the former separatist [...]

Many physicians in the country call themselves ''conscientious objectors'' and deny the procedures, often forcing women to travel long distances for one. ZARAGOZA, Spain -- Dr. Mercedes Sobreviela, a gynecologist [...]

Many physicians in the country call themselves ''conscientious objectors'' and deny the procedures, often forcing women to travel long distances for one. ZARAGOZA, Spain -- Dr. Mercedes Sobreviela, a gynecologist [...]

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain met with the leader of Catalonia in an attempt to resolve the fate of the region. MADRID -- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain [...]

The moderate Justice and Development Party may have lost control of Parliament, according to early results, in the latest defeat for Islamists in the region. Morocco's moderate Islamist party suffered [...]

America's borders remain closed to most European travelers during the pandemic, even those fully vaccinated. With fears of the Delta variant raging, there appears to be no end in sight. [...]