A Spanish soldier was killed and five others were wounded on Wednesday when their patrol vehicle struck a hidden bomb in western Afghanistan, Spain's Defense Ministry said in a statement.

A Spanish judge Tuesday ordered an Argentine pilot to be kept in prison in Madrid, Spain, until a decision is made about whether he should be extradited to his home country on charges that he participated in "death flights." Former Argentine Navy Lt. Julio Alberto Poch is one of two pilots arrested recently for allegedly piloting "death flights" in which more than 1,000 prisoners were thrown alive out of planes during Argentina's "dirty war" in the 1970s and '80s, officials ...

The battle to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games appears to be heating up between Chicago, Illinois, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, two sources close to the process said Thursday. The revelation came after a day of furious behind-the-scenes lobbying of International Olympic Committee members by American first lady Michelle Obama and famed talk show host Oprah Winfrey, who both hail from Chicago. Madrid, Spain, and Tokyo, Japan, are also in the running. But the sources said Chicago and Rio ...

World-record signing Cristiano Ronaldo scored on his debut as Real Madrid kicked off the Spanish football season with a shaky 3-2 victory at home to Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday night. Real's new generation of "Galacticos" were preceded onto the pitch by the world's fastest man Usain Bolt, with the Jamaican sprint star dribbling a ball to the delight of a packed Bernabeu crowd. Coach Manuel Pellegrini fielded seven new signings against a team who stunned Real 2-1 on the ...

Holders Barcelona will face Inter Milan, pitting Samuel Eto'o and Zlatan Ibrahimovic against their former clubs, after the draw for the Champions League group stage was made in Monaco on Thursday. Barcelona, who beat Manchester United 2-0 in last May's final in Rome, and Inter will be joined by Ukrainian champions Dynamo Kiev and Rubin Kazan of Russia in Group F of the competition. Ten former champions and eight Champions League debutants go into action in the 32-team format split ...

Up to 50,000 revelers descended on the small Spanish town of Bunol near Valencia Wednesday, collectively throwing, squishing, and pummeling 100 metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes in what has grown to be the world's biggest annual food fight. The Tomatina festival began in 1945, but there is no official explanation of how it started. Theories of its origins range from a practical joke on a bad musician to the anarchic aftermath of a lorry spillage to a local food fight ...

Israel has expressed outrage about a Swedish newspaper article that called for an investigation into claims that Israeli soldiers may have harvested organs from dead Palestinians. "They get along really well and just kinda click," a source tells PEOPLE in the upcoming issue. "Bradley likes the speed of everything. He likes that Renée is low-key." The pair, who costar in the upcoming thriller "Case 39," recently spent time in Spain together, then returned to the States, ...

The romance between Renée Zellweger and Bradley Cooper appears to be heating up, but the pair aren't ready for the spotlight just yet. "They get along really well and just kinda click," a source tells PEOPLE in the upcoming issue. "Bradley likes the speed of everything. He likes that Renée is low-key." The pair, who costar in the upcoming thriller "Case 39," recently spent time in Spain together, then returned to the States, where they ...

Spanish police shortened their list of most-wanted fugitives Wednesday with the capture of two suspected members of the Basque-region separatist group ETA, officials told CNN. Spanish and French police detained Aitzol Etxaburu and Andoni Sarasola in the Alpine ski resort of Le Corbier Villarembert in southeast France, the Spanish Interior Ministry said. Along with them, police also detained a third man, Alberto Machain. The ministry identified all three as members of the military arm of ETA, which the government has ...

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both crashed out of the Montreal Masters at on Friday night as the world's top eight contested the quarte-finals at the same event for the first time in tennis history. But number one Federer and second-ranked Nadal both flunked their lines, admittedly returning to tournament action after layoffs. Federer, who has not played since winning Wimbledon after becoming the father of twin girls, let a 5-1 lead in the final set slip as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ...