At least five people were killed after two army helicopters crashed near a lake in southern France, investigators said Friday. A rescue operation was under way to find the sixth passenger after the crash about 50 kilometres northwest of Saint-Tropez, the circumstances of which...

German police arrested three people Wednesday in a nationwide operation to crack down on a gang accused of trafficking migrants into Germany in trucks last year. The police said they arrested a Turk, aged 44, a 37-year old Pole and a Bulgarian, 53, in raids on seven properties in...

Germany’s Social Democrats approved on Sunday the start of formal coalition negotiations with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, after a heated debate at the party's extraordinary congress in the western city of Bonn. Some 362 delegates voted in favor of entering...

Germany's Angela Merkel welcomed Saturday a Bulgarian plan to host a European Union-Turkey working meeting to try to improve strained ties and clear the ground for an eventual possible summit. Bulgaria, which currently holds the EU presidency, is preparing a meeting between Turkish...