Two community health workers trying to spread awareness of Ebola in the eastern Congo were attacked by a machete-wielding mob on Friday, further demonstrating the difficulty of controlling the deadly disease among hostile and suspicious rural residents as the total number of cases surpassed 10,000.
The government of Switzerland confirmed on Friday that a woman identified as the first patient in Nigeria diagnosed with Ebola Bundibugyo in the context of an ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is an Ugandan-born Swiss national who had not recently visited the DRC.
A tourist coach carrying dozens of tourists flipped over and crashed in the Swiss alps on Thursday, leaving five passengers dead and 40 injured.
Pierre Mirabaud, the former head of Switzerland’s banking lobby, was convicted Tuesday of bribery and aggravated money laundering over SFr82.3mn ($101.7mn) in payments to a Kuwaiti official.
A shooting at a rave in the northern Swiss canton of Aargau left one person dead and five wounded early Sunday, local police and media reported. Police said they are still looking for a suspect.
The Swiss government plans to resume the transfer of alleged asylum seekers who entered E.U. territory through Italy back to the neighboring nation by the end of August.
Colombian forward Jáminton Campaz has reportedly gone into hiding after receiving death threats following Colombia’s World Cup exit, skipping his team’s flight home as concerns over his safety escalated. The 26-year-old became the target of online abuse after missing a
The majority of Americans are in favor of the deal between the U.S. and Iran, according to poll results shared by President Donald Trump.
Initial summit talks between the U.S. and Iran seeking to reach a final deal to end the war between the two countries ended Sunday night in Switzerland with “encouraging progress” mediators Qatar and Pakistan say.
Vice President JD Vance arrived in Switzerland on Sunday morning for the first direct U.S.-Iran talks since the signing of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is reportedly on his way to Switzerland as the U.S. gears up for potential nuclear talks with Iran.
Avichay Adraee, the Arabic-language spokesman for the Israeli military, said on Thursday that Israeli forces “struck more than 100 Hezbollah targets across various areas of Lebanon, including the Bekaa Valley and Nabatieh.”
The U.S. drive to launch high-stakes peace talks with Iran hit a snag Friday after Tehran reportedly delayed sending its delegation to Switzerland for the negotiations citing Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Lebanon for its absence.
The White House confirmed on Thursday that Vice President JD Vance has delayed his trip to Switzerland for talks on the ongoing Iran peace deal.
Signed, sealed and now to deliver. Switzerland has confirmed “initial negotiations” on implementing the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding on ending the Middle East war start at a Swiss resort complex Friday.
President Donald Trump confirmed that a peace deal with Iran was “complete,” and added that the Strait of Hormuz was re-opening, and that the U.S. Navy’s blockade of the strait would come to an end.
Leftist activists plunged Geneva into chaos on Sunday, clashing with police, setting fires, and vandalising businesses to protest against President Donald Trump’s meeting with the G7 nations on Monday.
A landmark national referendum in Switzerland to cap the nation’s population to ten million has failed; however, proponents have claimed a mandate to reduce immigration due to the large share of the public backing the measure on Sunday.
Swiss voters head to the polls Sunday to decide the fate of an anti-mass immigration proposal designed to cap the country’s population, with critics fearing a successful vote could provoke the equivalent of a Swiss “Brexit” as a next step.
The Wall Street Journal posted a remarkably balanced article about the economic impacts of migration on the Swiss population.
Three people have been hospitalised in the Swiss city of Winterhur after an “allahu akbar” shouting knifeman stabbed members of the public.
Swiss police are investigating an alleged robbery amid reports that four-time Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost was injured during a home invasion.
Archaeologists found well-preserved historical artifacts at the bottom of a Swiss lake not too far off the shoreline of Zurich, Switzerland.
Divers found a 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck in a Swiss lake that yielded Roman gladius swords, among other preserved historical artifacts.
Tragedy struck the small Swiss town of Kerzers on Tuesday evening after a man apparently set himself on fire on a bus, leaving several dead and multiple injured.
CEO of Davos-hosting World Economic Forum has resigned after Epstein email releases revealed his links to the disgraced financier.
A Ukrainian delegation is set to meet Thursday with American envoys in the run-up to another round of trilateral talks with Russia.
“Not fair” that President Trump more often calls on Ukraine to compromise than Russia, President Zelensky said amid “difficult” talks.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared on Monday that he had arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, with “real ideas” for an agreement between his country and the United States as Tehran and Washington tiptoe towards a renewed conversation on the former’s illicit nuclear program.
An 18-year-old Swiss national has died in a Zurich hospital from injuries sustained in a Swiss Alpine bar fire, bringing the death toll to 41 a month after the tragedy.
U.S. President Donald Trump launched his new “Board of Peace” on Thursday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
Marine One touched down at Davos on Wednesday afternoon, conveying U.S. President Donald Trump to the very heart of globalism.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) became testy and ranted about world leaders not standing up to President Donald Trump when speaking to a reporter Tuesday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
U.S. President Donald Trump will address globalist elites in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) and set out the future of Greenland as well as the course, direction and speed of a host of other geopolitical initiatives he is driving.
U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland, this week as he continues to challenge the established world order with a series of geopolitical victories and the promise of more to come.
Create “European Security Council” because the “Pax Americana” is over and it would build “European Independence”, says commissioner.
Switzerland held a national day of mourning on Friday for the 40 people who died in an Alpine bar fire during a New Year´s Eve celebration.
Bar in Switzerland where 40 people died on New Year’s Eve had missed its annual fire and safety inspection every year for five years.
Swiss police said they’ve identified all the people who were injured in the fire that tore through a New Year’s celebration in a crowded bar.
The Swiss federal government announced on Monday that it has frozen “any assets held in Switzerland by Nicolás Maduro and other persons associated with him, with immediate effect.”
