President Vladimir Putin was forced to intervene personally on Monday in the epidemic sweeping Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan, as local officials described the coronavirus situation as a "catastrophe." For several days now, there have rumours of mounting fatalities and...

Premier League clubs will return to training Tuesday after agreeing to allow "small group" sessions to begin, the first step on the road to a return to competitive action. The league held a conference call for all 20 clubs Monday where the move was given unanimous backing. It is the...

Germany and France jointly proposed a 500 billion-euro recovery fund Monday to boost European economies hit by the coronavirus pandemic. In a joint statement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron said the fund would see European Union budget money used to...

 A former Syrian intelligence officer denied Monday beating and torturing detainees in prison as he faced trial in a German court for crimes against humanity. In a written statement read by his lawyers, Anwar Raslan, 57, said he had "neither beaten nor tortured" prisoners at the...