Authorities say hundreds evacuated as torrential rains cause flooding and landslides. Ferocious storms and torrential rains that lashed France, Switzerland and Italy this weekend have killed seven people, local authorities have said. Three people in their 70s and 80s died in France’s northeastern Aube region on Saturday when a tree…
Swiss President Viola Amherd says she’s shocked by the scale of the damage caused by severe weather. Three people are missing after massive thunderstorms and rainfall in southeastern Switzerland caused a landslide. One woman was pulled out alive after being buried by the landslide in the Alpine valley of Misox…
NewsFeed “The Israeli army is one of the most criminal armies in the world” Chris Sidoti, a member of the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, told reporters. The COI was presenting findings of its report into abuses committed on both sides since Israel’s…
World leaders call for the release of prisoners of war and the return of thousands of Ukrainian children taken by Russia. Dozens of countries at the Summit on Peace in Ukraine have declared that Kyiv’s “territorial integrity” should be respected, as they urged “dialogue between all parties” to find a…
Absence of China in summit raises questions over point of event, which Russia dismissed as ‘futile’. World leaders are gathering in Switzerland for a summit aimed at pressuring Russia to end its war in Ukraine, but the absence of powerful allies of Moscow such as China is expected to blunt…
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) confirms 47-year-old Laurent Vinatier was detained in Moscow and says it is working to secure his relaase. Russia has arrested a French citizen working for a Geneva-based conflict mediation organisation, accusing him of gathering information about the military and failing to register as a “foreign…
Verdict will have ripple effect in Europe and beyond, likely setting precedent for how courts deal with climate cases. Europe’s top rights court has ruled in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who argued that their government’s efforts to combat climate change were inadequate and put them at…
The appeal comes as the number of people forced to migrate reached 117 million by the end of 2022, the IOM said. The United Nations migration agency has launched its first “global appeal”, aiming to drum up $7.9bn to help those forced to leave their homes due to everything from…
Swiss prosecutor confirmed the filing but would not reveal details about the nature and number of the complaints. Israeli President Isaac Herzog is the subject of criminal complaints during his visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Swiss prosecutors have confirmed, as Israel finds itself accused of committing war crimes…
It’s a golden opportunity for Irrfan Khan‘s fans in India, who can witness the genius of the actor one more time on the big screen, a day before his third death anniversary. Directed by Anup Singh, the trailer of Irrfan Khan’s film The Song of Scorpions was unveiled on Wednesday….
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