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Catalan separatist holds press conference from prison

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In this Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018 photo, a victim's skull is examined during the classification process by anthropologists following the exhumation of a mass grave found in 2018 at the cemetery of Paterna, near Valencia, Spain. DNA tests will be conducted in the hope of confirming the identities of those who disappeared eight decades ago, believed to have been executed by the forces of Gen. Francisco Franco during and after the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Mass graves from Franco era become Spanish election issue

By RENATA BRITO AND JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

A female basque pro independence demonstrator is detained by riot policeman as Santiago Abascal, leader of Spanish far right party Vox, holds a meeting during a General Election campaign, in Bilbao, northern Spain, Saturday, April 13, 2019. Spain's political parties are set to launch two-week campaigns leading up to an April 28 election. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Police in Spain clash with those protesting far-right party

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FILE - In this Jan.16, 2019 file photo, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez listens during a debate on the future of Europe at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. During a visit to the national institute for cybersecurity in Leon in Spain on Tuesday April 9, 2019, Sanchez said that whoever wins the upcoming general election in Spain should launch a national cybersecurity plan to fight attempts to undermine democracy and citizens' trust in the political system. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

Spain vows to boost cybersecurity, fight disinformation

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Spain: Judge releases man in suspected assisted suicide case

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In this Jan. 9, 2019 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives a press conference in Mexico City. Lopez Obrador said Thursday, Feb. 28, that wages should rise but we shouldn't create an atmosphere of labor instability. He is now trying to close the Pandora's box of wage demands he helped unleash when he doubled the minimum wage in border areas. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Spain conquistador apology demand backfires

By Martin Arostegui — Special to The Washington Times

Moroccan King Mohammed VI waves as Pope Francis wipes his forehead, in Rabat, Morocco, Saturday, March 30, 2019. Francis's weekend trip to Morocco aims to highlight the North African nation's tradition of Christian-Muslim ties while also letting him show solidarity with migrants at Europe's door and tend to a tiny Catholic flock on the peripheries. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope in Morocco: Walls, fear-mongering won’t stop migration

By NICOLE WINFIELD and AMIRA EL MASAITI - Associated Press

A demonstrator throws a pallet onto a burning barricade during a protest against a rally by the Spanish far-right Vox party, in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday March 30, 2019. The nationalist Vox party has recently emerged onto the political scene by winning representation in regional elections in the country's south in December. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain’s new far-right campaigns to stop Catalan separatists

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, May 14, 2018 file photo, newly appointed Catalan president Quim Torra, center, holds a yellow ribbon in support of Catalonian politicians who have been jailed on charges of sedition, at the end of a parliamentary vote session in Barcelona, Spain. Prosecutors in Spain said in a statement Wednesday March 27, 2019, they are bringing charges of disobedience against Catalan regional president Quim Torra after he allegedly failed to comply with orders from the country’s electoral board. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Spain prosecutors target Catalan chief in disobedience case

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This Wednesday, March 13, 2019 photo show a general view of the North Korea's embassy in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday March 13, 2019. A Spanish court is accusing an American, Mexican and South Korean part of a 10-strong group that led an attack on the North Korean Embassy in February, saying the FBI was offered stolen data. National Court judge Jose de la Mata on Tuesday, March 26 lifted a secrecy order, announcing it had found evidence of various crimes, including trespassing, injuries, threats and burglary committed by &quot;a criminal organization.&quot; (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain: FBI offered data stolen in North Korean Embassy raid

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Morata scores twice as Spain beats Malta 2-0 in qualifier

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FILE - In this Friday, March 8, 2019 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador answers questions from journalists at his daily 7 a.m. press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City. Lopez Obrador said he sent a letter to Spain and the Vatican on March 1, asking them to apologize for the conquest of the Americas five centuries ago. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Mexico president calls for truth commission on conquest

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

People shout slogans during a protest against the emergence of a far right party in Spain ahead of next month's national elections in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, March 23, 2019. Spain hadn't had a far-right party for years until Vox erupted onto the political scene by winning representation in regional elections in the country's south in December. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Rally in Barcelona against new Spanish far-right party

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Spain's Sergio Ramos, second from right, scores on a penalty kick his side's second goal during the Euro 2020 group F qualifying soccer match between Spain and Norway at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain, Saturday, March 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

Spain edges Norway 2-1 in first Euro 2020 qualifier

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FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018 file photo, Santiago Abascal the national president of VOX, center, applauds during a rally of the fledgling far-right party VOX in Madrid, Spain. The far-right party is making political waves ahead of a contested general election by advocating looser self-defense and firearm control laws and recruiting candidates among the retired generals of the country's armed forces. In an eye-grabbing move on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Abascal said that Spaniards should be allowed to possess a firearm at home and use it to face “real life-threatening situations” without legal consequences (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Spain: Far-right party enlists former generals as candidates

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Catalan pro-independence demonstrators hold &quot;estelada,&quot; or separatist flags, as they arrive to Madrid, Spain, Saturday, March 16, 2019. Demonstrators made their way to Spain's capital to show support for former regional politicians who they consider political prisoners and are the defendants in an ongoing trial related to 2017 independence push. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Marchers in Madrid back Catalan separatists on trial

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Spain fights cyberattacks, fake news ahead of key elections

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Aid worker: Survivors say 45 migrants died in Mediterranean

By AMIRA EL MASAITI - Associated Press

Spain: Illegal immigration by sea drop in February

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FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2019, file photo Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group, unveils the 5G modem Balong 5000 chipset in Beijing. Security experts say the U.S. government is likely exaggerating the threat it says the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei poses to the world’s next-generation wireless networks. Critics say the U.S. case is short on specifics and glosses over the fact that China doesn’t need secret access to Huawei routers to infiltrate global networks. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Experts: US anti-Huawei campaign likely exaggerated

By FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press