TOKYO (AP) — After an Olympics of too little diversity in the swimming pool, and less on the medal podium, the sport's governing body is investing tens of millions of dollars to change that by 2024. Elite training centers in Africa and scholarship programs worldwide are part of a strategy...

 The Jordanian military on Saturday said it thwarted an attempt to smuggle drugs and weapons into the country from neighboring Syria, killing one smuggler and wounding several others. The military said in a statement it seized a “large quantity” of narcotics as well as ammunition...

Due to continuing attacks by the Bashar-al-Assad regime, 80% of nearly 50,000 civilians living in targeted neighborhoods of Daraa, southwestern Syria, left their homes and migrated to other neighborhoods as talks for peace continue. According to local sources, migration has been continuing...

Like every year, summer brings the most difficulties and imposes severe challenges on the displaced in northwestern amid lack of means for cooling and the scarcity of water which increases their suffering. Abu Mohamed al-Hamwi, a Syrian displaced lives in one of the random camps in the...