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Thomas Barrack raised the American flag over the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Damascus, amid broader efforts by the Trump administration to improve ties.

People accused of cartel connections and serious crime are on the ballot in Mexico’s first-ever judicial elections on Sunday, fueling fears that organized crime could exert its influence in the vote.

Moscow’s dual campaign of intensified frontline attacks and bombardment of Ukrainian cities has further reduced the prospects for an end to the fighting.

As applicants in Beijing wait to see how sweeping the new action might be, one says the United States is making people too scared.

Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed more than 60 people over the past day, according to local health officials.

President Trump’s threat to impose big charges — including 50 percent on the European Union — was in question after judges blocked his across-the-board levies.

The American president’s preference for praising and excusing the Russian leader has yielded no progress toward peace in Ukraine.

State labor programs were aimed at lifting one of the nation’s poorest regions out of poverty, but they have also served as a tool to erode resistance to Chinese rule.

The authorities were still searching for the two other people who were aboard the turboprop when the accident occurred Thursday.

The Haitian government has signed a contract with Mr. Prince, the private military contractor who founded Blackwater, a company notorious for a civilian massacre in Iraq.