“We are witnessing a backsliding in democracy everywhere in the world, even in the most advanced democracy, It is a movement into the bad — in the wrong direction.” — Alain Berset, a former Swiss ...

Thirteen soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces -- from South Africa, Malawi and Uruguay -- have been killed in recent ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has left Switzerland for home wrapping up his four-day visit to join the World ...

Palestinian militants and Israel carried out a hostage-prisoner swap on Saturday under a Gaza ceasefire deal, but a ...

Rebels from the Rwanda-backed M23 have killed a military governor as they advanced through eastern Democratic Republic of ...