INTERNATIONAL

An article on Saturday about steps taken by Saudi Arabia and Iran to ease tensions misidentified the affiliation of Martin Indyk. He is a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, not the executive vice president of the Brookings Institution.

NATIONAL

An article on Sunday about a conference on forensic genealogy misstated Department of Justice guidelines as described by Ted Hunt, senior adviser to the attorney general on forensic science at the Department of Justice. He said he was referring to publicly available records used to conduct genealogy research, not specifically to uploads to genealogy databases, when discussing the Department of Justice’s role in providing guidance to investigators.

SPORTS

An article on Sunday about the difficulties that Qatar has faced in hosting the track and field world championships referred incorrectly to the company sponsorships in Qatar’s bid to host the event. There were millions of dollars in sponsorships, not millions of sponsorships.

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An article on Friday about the Yankees pitcher James Paxton misstated his performance at the end of the season. He won his final 10 decisions, not his final 10 starts.