Switzerland Claims It Will be One of Small Group of ‘Privileged’ Countries in Trump Tariff Negotiations
The Swiss president says Switzerland is among 15 countries with which the United States plans to conduct “privileged” negotiations.

The Swiss president says Switzerland is among 15 countries with which the United States plans to conduct “privileged” negotiations.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) sided Thursday with three women who said they were raped when they were aged 13, 14 and 16,
A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works is expected to sell for up to 4.5 million pounds ($6 million) at auction next month.
European Union watchdogs fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros Wednesday as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc’s digital competition rules.
The Vatican opened St. Peter’s Basilica to the general public Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, with thousands of people filling the central aisle and Swiss Guards standing at attention.
Spain will meet NATO’s defense spending target this year, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Tuesday, as pressure grows on the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy to boost its military expenditure.
German police in a spa town north of Frankfurt on Sunday were expanding a manhunt for a suspect still on the loose after two people were fatally shot a day earlier.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Sunday of creating a false appearance of honoring an Easter ceasefire, saying Moscow continued to launch attacks overnight after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a unilateral temporary truce in Ukraine.
Three tourists, including a British couple, were among four people who were killed when a mountain cable car plunged into a ravine south of Naples, officials confirmed Saturday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, the Kremlin said Saturday.
Russia has pushed Ukrainian forces from one of their last remaining footholds in Russia’s Kursk region, officials said Saturday.
An Italian appeals court Friday upheld life sentences for a Pakistani couple convicted of murdering their 18-year-old daughter in a so-called honor killing after she refused an arranged marriage. The case shocked many Italians and became a symbol of the brutal mistreatment of immigrant women who rebel against inflexible family rules.
Paris is hosting a series of talks Thursday about Ukraine and its security, including U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Russia may be suffering an epidemic of defenestrations, but one lucky babushka survived her ordeal.
German court fined man for slipping into a VIP convoy for Chancellor Olaf Scholz in 2023 and giving him a hug.
Greece signed a deal Monday to purchase anti-ship missiles from France as it seeks to bolster its defenses.
Chinese authorities led the investigation, with Sweden taking part as an observer.
A former Tory lawmaker and 14 others have been charged with cheating when placing bets on the timing of Britain’s general election last year.
German police in Cologne on Sunday detained five Frenchmen and a Belgian woman who had tried to climb the city’s famous cathedral.
A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a “Good Palm Sunday, a good Holy Week,” in yet another reassuring public sign of his recovery from a life-threatening battle with double pneumonia.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Sunday said he was deeply concerned after a UK lawmaker was denied entry to Hong Kong, and said he would be urgently raising the issue with the Chinese authorities.
At least 32 people have been killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, officials said.
UK lawmakers returned to Parliament from their Easter break on Saturday to approve an emergency rescue of the country’s last remaining factory that makes steel from scratch.
Russia and Ukraine’s top diplomats on Saturday used a high-level conference in Turkey to once again trade accusations of violating a tentative U.S.-brokered deal to pause strikes on energy infrastructure, underscoring the challenges of negotiating an end to the 3-year-old war.
U.K. lawmakers returned to Parliament from their Easter break on Saturday to approve an emergency rescue of the country’s last remaining factory that makes steel from scratch.
US envoy Steve Witkoff wrapped up his latest talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Friday, after President Donald Trump urged his Russian counterpart to move quicker to end what he said was the country’s “senseless war” with Ukraine.
A bomb planted near the offices of Hellenic Train, Greece’s main railway company, exploded Friday night in a busy district of central Athens, authorities said. There were no reports of injuries.
Dmitrii Ovsiannikov was appointed governor of Sevastopol in Crimea by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
UK defense minister urged military leaders to press ahead with plans to deploy troops to Ukraine to police a peace agreement with Russia.
The Labour-run Birmingham City Council is effectively bankrupt because of a settlement over historic pay discrimination.
An appellate court in Russia reduced the prison sentence for an American soldier convicted of stealing from his Russian mistress.
One person was killed Sunday as Russian air strikes hit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, while the death toll from Friday’s deadly attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih continued to rise.
Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter´s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since his release from the hospital two weeks ago.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met the leaders of the British and French armed forces in Kyiv Saturday to discuss the potential deployment of a multinational peacekeeping force to Ukraine, despite the reluctance of U.S. President Donald Trump to provide security guarantees.
Protesters returned to the streets across Spain on Saturday in anger over high housing costs with no relief in sight.
The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has risen to 18, including nine children, regional governor Serhii Lysak said Saturday.
Lack of training, qualifications and experience among crew of New Zealand navy ship that ran aground, caught fire and sank off the coast.
Lithuania’s leaders joined thousands of people on Thursday to bid farewell to four American soldiers who died during a training exercise.
At least seven people died, including two children, after a boat carrying migrants from Turkey to a nearby Greek island capsized.
Mette Frederiksen is traveling to Greenlandfor a three-day trip aimed at building trust and cooperation with Greenlandic officials.