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...

A former Syrian intelligence officer on Monday denied 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...

Tourism-dependent Spain aims to reopen borders to visitors around the end of June as its coronavirus lockdown fully unwinds, a minister said Monday, in a much-needed boost for the ravaged travel sector. Madrid last week surprised its European Union partners by imposing a two-week quarantine...