Spain’s Parliament may approve same-sex marriages early next year, Justice Minister Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar said on Wednesday. If the law is approved, it will make Spain the third European country to recognise gay marriages after The Netherlands and Belgium.
Three suspects in the Madrid railway bombings blew themselves up on Saturday in a southwestern suburb of Madrid as police prepared to storm their apartment, setting off a powerful explosion that killed one special forces agent and wounded 15 police officers, the interior minister said. Saturday’s news further shocked Spaniards, still traumatised by the March 11 bombings that killed 191 people.