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FRANKFURT, Germany – German investor optimism unexpectedly fell in April after five months of increases due to fears about the global economy. The ZEW research institute’s index eased to 53.3 points from 54.8 points in March. Analysts had expected 55.3 Germany’s economy is heavily dependent on exporting cars and industrial …

BEIRUT – Activists say Islamic State fighters have pushed into the Syrian town of Palmyra, home to famed 2,000-year-old ruins. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and activist Bebares al-Talawy say the militants were clashing with government troops in the northern part of the town on Saturday. The UNESCO world …

BRUSSELS – Experts say the European Union’s plan to disrupt the business of human traffickers and destroy their boats in the Mediterranean is a short-term, dissuasive measure that is likely to be dangerous, costly, and tough to implement. Faced with a rising death toll in the Mediterranean, the EU wants …