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The Trump administration called detainee art U.S. government property and halted most releases. Lawyers never mounted an intellectual property case.

As the Syrian government tightly controls what aid it allows into opposition-held areas, border crossings with Turkey have been a lifeline.

David Carrick had pleaded guilty to 49 crimes against 12 women in the latest case to cast a harsh spotlight on the Metropolitan Police.

Syria is not able to receive direct aid from many countries because of sanctions, so the border crossing has been a lifeline.

The death toll was rising, but thousands of survivors were rescued as emergency workers combed through the rubble. Turkey’s president declared a three-month state of emergency in the 10 provinces hit hardest by the earthquake.

Restrictions on Russia’s oil trade are raising the stakes in a protracted economic standoff that is reshaping the global energy market.

A woman was rescued from rubble 22 hours after a magnitude-7.8 quake struck early Monday. Rescuers are digging overnight through flattened buildings and fighting near-freezing temperatures.

For the first time, A.I.-generated personas, often used for corporate trainings, were detected in a state-aligned information campaign — opening a new chapter in online manipulation.

Rescues typically happen within three days of an earthquake, an expert said. The logistics of finding survivors in Turkey and Syria are daunting.

Officials in both Syria and Turkey expect the death toll to rise significantly as rescuers make their way through devastated cities.