Countries must do everything to ensure that free and independent news reporting can thrive, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday in a message to mark World Press Freedom Day ...

The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reappointed Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar of Colombia as his personal envoy on ...

Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.

Amnesty International warned of a steady erosion of the right to protest in Switzerland. Once a central bulwark against ...

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday that a worsening funding crisis is placing refugees – who cannot return home due to war or persecution – in increasing danger ...

The United Nations is considering its biggest shake-up for decades to streamline and cut costs in the face of sweeping aid ...

More wealthy foreigners 'buy' their way into Swiss residency, and flying to the US is getting cheaper — these are among the ...

Former diplomat Lakshmi Puri had filed a lawsuit against Saket Gokhale after he alleged that she bought property in ...

The United Nations is considering a massive overhaul that would merge major departments and shift resources across the globe, ...

Security concerns cannot be used to avoid obligations under international law by occupying power, Swiss representative tells ...

The U.N. is urging its agencies in Geneva and New York to save costs by moving its staffers to cheaper cities and eliminating ...

In July 2024, the court said that the Trinamool Congress MP made defamatory claims about former diplomat Lakshmi Puri.