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Syrian residents in Madrid have gathered in Puerta del Sol to celebrate the fall and end of the government of President Bashar al-Assad in the Arab country on December 14, 2024.
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Hard Numbers: Spain top destination for asylum seekers, Pakistan’s deadly monsoons, babies born with three DNA’s, & more

Survivors of the KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya ferry sinking wait to be identified by officers at Gilimanuk port, after the ferry carrying 65 people sank near the Indonesian island of Bali, in Bali, Indonesia, July 3, 2025.
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HARD NUMBERS: Indonesian ferry sinks, Mercosur discusses long-stalled EU deal, Liverpool striker dies in car accident, French air traffic controllers walk off the job

​Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow, Russia, on June 23, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Iran meets with Putin, NATO gathers at the Hague, Venezuela targets black markets

It’s unclear what more the Kremlin is willing to do for its last major Middle Eastern ally right now.

​Tourists in the center of Madrid, Spain, on May 19, 2025.
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HARD NUMBERS: Spain clamps down on Airbnb, Cat busted smuggling drugs in Costa Rica, and More

​Burkina Faso’s junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore at the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) summit in Niamey, Niger, on July 6, 2024.
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Hard Numbers: Burkina Faso foils coup effort, Trump dents democracy rating, Spain to hit defense-spending target, Musk to reduce his DOGE hours, Migrants arrested while fleeing US, Japan rids foreign debt, Tourists killed in Kashmir

A housing activist holds a sign outside a building whose residents fear they will be evicted after its purchase by a real estate investment fund, in the neighborhood of Lavapies, in Madrid, Spain, on Dec. 14, 2024. The sign reads, "My motherland is my neighborhood."
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HARD NUMBERS: Spain jacks taxes for foreigners, North Korea blasts off again, Haitian displacements soar, Red Note noted by TikTok users

​Carolina Gonzalez, daughter of Venezuela's presidential opposition candidate in the recent election Edmundo Gonzalez, leaves the Torrejon de Ardoz Air Force Base, outside Madrid, Spain, September 8, 2024.
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Opposition leader flees Venezuela, Argentina heads to ICC

Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez fled to Madrid on a Spanish military aircraft Sunday, having spent a month in hiding following the country’s widely discredited July 28 election in which President Nicolas Maduro claimed a dubious victory.

Carles Puigdemont, a leader of the pro-independence Catalan movement.
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In Spain, one fight is over, while another has just begun

On Thursday, Spain’s Congress approved a plan to grant amnesty to more than 300 Catalan nationalists, many of whom were involved in the failed 2017 Catalan secession referendum that Spanish courts ruled illegal.

UK Prime Minister Sunak's push for early election will hardly boost his chances
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UK Prime Minister Sunak's push for early election will hardly boost his chances

Does the decision by Norway, Ireland, and Spain to recognize Palestine as an independent state further increase the isolation of Israel? Does the decision by the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to call an early election increase his possibility to retain his position at Downing Street? Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden and co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations, shares his perspective on European politics from Halmstad, Sweden.

Municipality workers remove debris from the streets after flooding in Sheikh Jalal district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan May 12, 2024.
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Hard Numbers: Devastating floods, COVID reporter released, Catalonia votes, Swiss contestant wins Eurovision