Amid the rubble of bombed homes in Binnish, a town in north-west Syria, a brightly painted mural stands out. The image shows an intact house, with love hearts streaming from the windows. Overhead, however, the dark silhouettes of birds are accompanied by helicopters, warplanes and missiles, and...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Wildfires raged Sunday near Turkey's holiday beach destinations of Antalya and Mugla as the discovery of more bodies caused the death toll to rise to eight. Residents and tourists fled the danger in small boats while the coast guard and two navy ships waited out at sea in case...

Mutaz Barshim of Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy tied for the gold medal in the men’s high jump at the Tokyo Games. Both men were clean at every attempt to 2.37 meters and both missed all three attempts at the Olympic record of 2.39. The 30-year-old Barshim was the silver medalist...

Fifth-ranked Alexander Zverev of Germany has won the gold medal in men’s singles at the Olympics. Zverev beat Karen Khachanov of the Russian Olympic Committee 6-3, 6-1 for the biggest title of his career. It follows a comeback victory for Zverev over top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the...