She never saw the mosquito that bit her and gave her Zika. And she had no way of knowing it would cost her a longed-for first pregnancy.

"The Syrian people are a peaceful and loving people and what's going on there is a shame," al-Abboud said through Turkmani. "The Syrian people deserve better than that."

The Obama administration acknowledged Thursday that a $400 million cash payment to Iran in January was used as leverage to ensure the release of four U.S. prisoners.

"Unfortunately, the swimmers told one lie after another," a Brazilian police official who reviewed video images from the scene told The Times. "We've been able to determine that there was no armed assault."

Iraq on Sunday executed 36 men convicted of taking part in the ISIS massacre of hundreds of soldiers in 2014, officials said.

The men were hanged at the Nasiriyah prison in southern Iraq, according to provincial Gov. Yahya al-Nasiri. A Justice Ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters, also confirmed the executions.

It was a panda celebration at the National Zoo on Saturday as three of the giant pandas celebrated their birthdays, including the first birthday of Bei Bei.

"Sometimes, in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing," Trump said. "I have done that. And believe it or not, I regret it. And I do regret it, particularly where it may have caused personal pain. Too much is at stake for us to be consumed with these issues."

A doctor in Aleppo on Thursday identified the boy as Omran Daqneesh, aged 5. Osama Abu al-Ezz confirmed he was brought to the hospital Wednesday night following an airstrike on the rebel-held district of Qaterji with head wounds — but no brain injury — and was later discharged.

Two other U.S. Olympic swimmers who say they were with Ryan Lochte during an armed robbery in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, were pulled off a plane at Rio's airport, Lochte's attorney said Wednesday night.

Jeff Ostrow, a lawyer representing Lochte, said swimmers Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger were taken off the plane.