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France’s trove of DNA profiles has helped solve high-profile crimes and was used to find some of the Louvre suspects, and it is growing. The police can also access other countries’ databases.

In an interview with “60 Minutes,” President Trump was circumspect on potential escalation targeting Venezuela. He was also pressed on deportations, the government shutdown and his recent demand for nuclear tests.

There was no structural damage to the building, they said, as investigators pursued two suspects.

The quake struck on Monday near Mazar-i-Sharif, a city known for its magnificent Blue Mosque. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear.

The strike, carried out on Saturday, was the 15th announced by the administration in its campaign against vessels it claims are smuggling drugs.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the testing ordered up in a surprise announcement by President Trump last week would focus on “the other parts” of nuclear weaponry.

The president, Ahmed al-Shara, was until recently wanted by the United States as a terrorist with a $10 million bounty on his head.

The chief legal officer of Israel’s military resigned after authorizing the leak of a video in the case involving grave abuse of a Palestinian detainee. That further politicized a fraught case.

My colleague Declan Walsh writes about the humanitarian crisis in Darfur — and how the world is now largely looking away.