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Spain Train Bombings Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the March 2004 bombings of commuter trains in Spain, which killed 193 people and injured more than 1,800. The bombings are the deadliest terrorist attack in Spain’s history. Facts On March 11, 2004, 10 bombs in backpacks and other small bags exploded on four commuter trains.

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Cuba says its forces kill four in gunfight after Florida speedboat tries to ‘infiltrate’ island

By Mauricio Torres, Hira Humayun, Lex Harvey, German Padinger, CNN (CNN) — Cuba said its forces fatally shot four heavily armed people attempting to “infiltrate” its territory on a Florida-registered speedboat on Wednesday, amid simmering tensions between the communist island and the US. Cuban border guard troops approached the boat after it entered their territorial

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An aerial view shows al-Hol camp in a desert region of Syria's Hasakah province

Syria reports ‘mass escape’ from detention camp holding ISIS-linked families amid reports thousands fled

By Nadeen Ebrahim, Charbel Mallo, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — A “mass escape” took place last month from Syria’s al-Hol camp that holds families linked to the Islamic State following the withdrawal of Kurdish forces, according to Syrian TV, amid reports thousands of people may have fled. Nureddin Baba, a Syrian Interior Ministry spokesperson, was

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A general view of Efrat Jewish Settlement in Bethlehem

US offers diplomatic services in West Bank settlement for first time. Critics warn it’s ‘normalizing annexation’

By Dana Karni, Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The US embassy in Israel has announced its first-ever event offering diplomatic services in a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The announcement on Tuesday said consular offices would provide “routine passport services” to American citizens in the settlement of Efrat, south of Jerusalem, in

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Freed Venezuelan political prisoner reunites with niece at Trump’s State of the Union address

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Lex Harvey, and Rocio Munoz, CNN (CNN) — A Venezuelan opposition leader recently freed from prison reunited with his niece Tuesday during the State of the Union address, as President Donald Trump touted the US military operation that removed President Nicolás Maduro. In his speech, Trump drew attention to Alejandra Gonzalez, who

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Travelers look for information at Guadalajara International Airport.

US tourists stranded in Mexico amid ‘really scary’ cartel violence following drug lord’s killing

CNN By Jack Guy, Sarah Dewberry, Nic Anderson, CNN (CNN) — The killing of Mexican cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes on Sunday set off a wave of retaliatory violence from his gunmen, affecting areas popular with foreign tourists such as Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara. The US State Department advised Monday that more areas

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Police officers secure an area where vehicles were set on fire following the operation against Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera

How Mexico hunted ‘El Mencho’ with help from his lover’s ‘trusted man’ and US intelligence

CNN, US DEPARTMENT OF STATE, KING, ANNIE GARCIA, DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, GETTY IMAGES, JIM BECK, TV AZTECA By Mitchell McCluskey, Gonzalo Zegarra, Avery Schmitz, Sol Amaya, and Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — Mexican security forces killed the country’s most-wanted cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes in a high-stakes operation on Sunday that set off

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Police officers secure an area where vehicles were set on fire following the operation against Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera

How Mexico hunted ‘El Mencho’ with help from his lover’s ‘trusted man’ and US intelligence

By Mitchell McCluskey, Gonzalo Zegarra, Avery Schmitz, Sol Amaya, and Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — Mexican security forces killed the country’s most-wanted cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes in a high-stakes operation on Sunday that set off a spiral of violence and chaos. Oseguera was the leader and co-founder of the powerful Jalisco New

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