Want to get rid of your goldfish? Swiss owners who have been flushing them down the toilet - still alive - must now find other methods since strict, new animal...

Geneva’s chief prosecutor said Wednesday he decided to drop the case against a son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and the son’s wife for allegedly beating...

Swiss prosecutors say police have broken up an Internet child pornography ring operating in at least four countries.

A lawyer for two ex-servants of the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says a complaint against the son in Switzerland has been dropped.

A humanitarian aid flight carrying 17 people crashed on a ridge in eastern Congo, and the U.S.-based group that operated the route said Tuesday there appeared to be no...

The United Nations says a plane carrying 17 people on a humanitarian aid flight has crashed in Congo.

A prominent human rights group says Georgia has admitted dropping cluster bombs in its military offensive to assert control over the restive province of South Ossetia.

The next U.S. president must show greater leadership than previous administrations in tackling climate change, the head of the United Nations said Sunday.

A harrowing boat journey across the Mediterranean left some 70 African migrants missing after rough seas capsized the craft, the U.N. refugee agency said Thursday,...

A woman beheaded after she was accused of causing a girl to spit pins and convulse was exonerated Wednesday, more than 200 years after she became the last person...

The United States has challenged China to justify the legality of its tax, subsidy and export rules for farm products such as pork and wheat in what could signify new...

Credit Suisse Group said Tuesday it has acquired a majority stake in U.S.-based company Asset Management Finance Corporation for $384 million of newly issued Credit...

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s actually a guy in a jet suit...huh? Well, Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy, a.k.a. FusionMan is now going to attempt...

The Geneva prosecutor said Monday he has dropped money laundering charges against Asif Ali Zardari, widower of the late Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto and favorite to...

The Red Cross says that it is sending workers to the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali for the first time since the brief Russian-Georgian war broke out in the...

Americans Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers have advanced to the quarterfinals of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament, squeaking by Switzerland in three sets 21-16,...

The format used by Microsoft Corp.’s Office 2007 programs to save documents will become an international standard after appeals against the move failed to gather...

The world’s migration body said Friday that daily life has improved little for thousands of Iraqis living in tent camps, despite a slowdown in the number of...

Efforts to help victims of fighting in Georgia increased Thursday with new commitments from Europe and the United States to boost supplies already being distributed by...

UBS AG, one of the hardest-hit banks in the subprime mortgage crisis, announced Tuesday that it is reorganizing into three distinct businesses after reporting a large...