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Venus, Halep win, Wozniacki upset at Indian Wells

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 10, 2017 file photo, Atletico's Fernando Torres looks dejected at the end of a Champions League semifinal, 2nd leg soccer match between Atletico de Madrid and Real Madrid, in Madrid, Spain. Coach Diego Simeone, a longtime supporter of the Fernando Torres, said Wednesday Feb. 22, 2018, he will not go out of his way to try to keep Torres at Atletico going forward. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, File)

Torres could be on his way out at Atletico Madrid

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Spanish court rejects rapper’s freedom of speech argument

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Satellite launch from California is delayed

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A motorist passes by a flag of the Islamic State group in central Rawah, 175 miles (281 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, on July 22, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

ISIS supporter sentenced to 10 years for firearms possession

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FC Barcelona's Luis Suarez eyes the ball before the Spanish Copa del Rey, semifinal, second leg, soccer match between FC Barcelona and Valencia at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain, Thursday Feb. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

Luis Suarez has Barcelona on course to win 2 titles in Spain

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Spain extradites suspect thought to be spam kingpin to US

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Police officers stand guard next to flags, flowers, messages and candles to the victims on Barcelona's historic Las Ramblas promenade on the Joan Miro mosaic, embedded in the pavement where the van stopped after killing at least 14 people in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Catalan officials deny receiving CIA warning ahead of Barcelona attack

By Martin Arostegui — Special to The Washington Times

Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, left, arrives in Copenhagen on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. The fugitive former leader of Catalonia has arrived in Denmark, despite threats from Spain to seek his immediate arrest there. Puigdemont is being investigated by Spain over a unilateral declaration of independence by Catalonia's parliament on Oct. 27. (Tariq Mikkel Khan/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Carles Puigdemont, fugitive, in Denmark; Spain seeks arrest warrant

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont fled to Belgium in November to escape arrest when Spain imposed direct rule on Catalonia in response to a declaration of independence by its regional government. (Associated Press/File)

Carles Puigdemont, Spain separatist leader, wants to rule Catalonia by Skype

By Martin Arostegui - Special to The Washington Times

Tourists pose for a photograph at the Mayor square in central Madrid, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. Spain says it has broken its record of international visitors for the fifth consecutive year in 2017 with 82 million tourists that chose restive Catalonia as their main Spanish destination. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Spain saw record number of visitors in 2017 despite scares

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Jon Rahm plays his shot from the 18th tee during the final round of the Tournament of Champions golf event, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018, at Kapalua Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Column: Rahm just as determined in classroom as on course

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Valverde has Barcelona flying high as Liga near midway point

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

The Latest: 2 hospitalized after Spain commuter train crash

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Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont speaks during a media conference in Brussels on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Catalan secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont and four close allies addressed the decision by Spain to drop a European arrest warrant against them and assessed the Dec. 21 elections in the Spanish region, which will help determine the drive for independence. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Catalonia elections to test unity in Spain

By Martin Arostegui - Special to The Washington Times

Former president of Spain's soccer federation Angel Maria Villar speaks during a press conference in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Dec. 18, 2017. The suspended president of the Spanish football federation under investigation for corruption has warned that FIFA could leave Spain out of the World Cup due to alleged meddling by Spain's government in the federation's affairs. Angel Maria Villar said that the &quot;risk is serious&quot; of FIFA suspending the Spanish federation for having removed him from office. Villar and three other soccer officials were arrested in July on suspicion of corruption. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Suspended Villar says Spain in danger of missing World Cup

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 1966, file photo, part of the wrecked fuselage of an USAF B52 bomber lies where it crashed near Palomares, northeast of Almeria, Spain, after a collision in flight with an USAF Kc 135 tanker while refueling. Veterans who say they responded to the 1966 accident involving U.S. hydrogen bombs in Spain and then became ill from radiation exposure have asked a federal appeals court to allow a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The request was filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on behalf of veterans who sought disability benefits from the VA but were denied. (AP Photo/File)

The Latest: Veterans Affairs mum on veterans’ court filing

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TRAVEL: Spain’s Mallorca in the shadows of ‘The Night Manager’

By Lark Gould

Former Salvadoran Col. Inocente Orlando Montano Morales is seen Tuesday, Nov. 28 2017, surrounded by U.S. federal agents before boarding a flight from Atlanta to Madrid, Spain. Montano arrived Wednesday morning in Madrid to face charges that he helped plot the 1989 killings of six Jesuit priests, five of whom were Spanish, during El Salvador's civil war. (Bryan D. Cox/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

Salvadoran officer handed to Spain in Jesuit massacre case

By CIARAN GILES and JONATHAN DREW - Associated Press

"By backing the independence of Kosovo, formed and prosperous countries such as Spain put at risk their own fragile stability," Russian President Vladimir Putin said after Catalonia's independence vote. (Associated Press/File)

Russia meddling in Catalonia vote seen as plot against NATO

By Martin Arostegui - Special to The Washington Times