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More than 140 nations adopt treaty to cut mercury
A new and legally binding international treaty to reduce harmful emissions of mercury was adopted Saturday by more than 140 nations, capping four ...
European leaders headlining annual forum in Davos
Promoting measures to get the global economy out of its crisis mode will be the focal point of next week's annual gathering of world leaders and power ...
UN: Syria allows agency to feed 1 million more
The Syrian government will give the World Food Program greater access to the 2.5 million Syrians suffering from hunger, the head of the U.N.
UN body says Israel wants rights review postponed
Members of a top U.N. top human rights body criticized by the U.S. as too focused on Israel are concerned Jerusalem will not fully participate in a ...
UN urges focus on North Korea human rights record
The U.N.'s top human rights official said Monday that as many as 200,000 people are being held in North Korean political prison camps rife with ...
Swatch in $1 billion deal for Harry Winston brand
Switzerland's biggest watch maker, Swatch Group AG, will pay about $1 billion to acquire Canada's Harry Winston watch and jewelry brand, officials ...
No Federer in Swiss team for Davis Cup vs. Czechs
Roger Federer is skipping Switzerland's Davis Cup match against the defending champion Czech Republic next month. The winner of 17 Grand Slam titles ...
More than 130 nations begin mercury treaty talks
Delegates from more than 130 nations began a final round of negotiations on Sunday that are expected to lead to the creation of the first legally ...
Syria talks end in Geneva without solution
International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Friday that Russia seems as determined as the United States to end Syria's civil war, but that he doesn't ...
UN finds rising mercury emissions, need for treaty
Mercury pollution in the top layer of the world's oceans has doubled in the past century, part of a man-made problem that will require international ...
UN rings alarm over conditions of domestic workers
At least 52.6 million people worldwide are employed as domestic workers, most of them women vulnerable to abuse and without adequate legal protection, ...
Montreux Jazz founder in coma from ski fall
The Montreux Jazz Festival says its founder and general manager Claude Nobs has been hospitalized in a coma due to a cross-country skiing injury over ...
Swiss gunman kills 3 people, had troubled history
A shooting in southern Switzerland has left three women dead, two men wounded and raised questions about how a troubled suspect was able to go on a ...
Russian FM says Assad won't go
Russia's foreign minister said Saturday that Syrian President Bashar Assad has no intention of stepping down and it would be impossible to try to ...
UN envoy, Moscow call for revival of Syria plan
Russia and the U.N called Thursday for the resuscitation of a peace initiative for Syria that never got off the ground when it was proposed months ago ...
Russia meets with Syrian envoy on peace plan
Russia is seeking to revive last summer's failed peace plan for Syria during talks with a top Syrian diplomat and the international envoy on the ...
Nations worry US trade could turn protectionist
The United States' trade partners are worried that any fiscal belt-tightening could make the country more likely to introduce protectionist measures, ...
US airlines to lead industry recovery in profits
U.S. airlines will lead a recovery in the global sector's profits next year, mainly thanks to cost cuts and restructuring measures taken to address ...