Madrid: Spain raises terror alert level to high after attacks

Madrid:  Spain raised its terror alert level from medium to high on Friday after deadly attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait, its Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said.

"Considering the proximity of our country to the places where some of these attacks took place, it has been proposed to raise the anti-terrorist alert" from three out of five, or 'medium', to four or 'high'," he told a news conference. "I have adopted that decision."