A group of Credit Suisse investors have sued Swiss financial regulators after a government-engineered takeover of the struggling bank by rival UBS left them with billions in losses.
The makers of Toblerone chocolate bars will remove the Matterhorn mountain peak from its packaging after some of its production processes were moved outside of Switzerland.
A New Zealand snowboarder has described his incredible rescue after falling through a five-metre crevasse, using a little-known iPhone technique to signal for help.
The kidnapping of a girl from her grandmother's home marked what is believed to be the first time that conspiracy theorists in Europe have committed a crime linked to the QAnon-style web of false beliefs
Several Chinese newspaper websites have removed comments about the coronavirus pandemic that were "wrongly presented" as coming from a Swiss biologist who does not appear to exist, Switzerland's foreign ministry said.
US President Joe Biden has apologised to a journalist after losing his temper as she questioned his optimistic view about his summit meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
A stunning time-lapse recorded by the captain of a Boeing 777-300 offers a rare cockpit perspective of the Milky Way and Southern Cross constellation set against a series of violent electrical storms.
Travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has published the latest edition of their annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year, a collection featuring the best photos of the Milky Way.
The Justice Department has charged a Swiss hacker with computer intrusion and identity theft, just over a week after the hacker took credit for helping to break into the online systems of a US security-camera startup.
Europe has entered the final week before Christmas with multiple countries bracing for a post-celebration coronavirus fallout, leaving some to introduce restrictions and lockdowns to curb rising infection rates
While much of Switzerland is preparing for tighter lockdown restrictions because of COVID-19, the country's French-speaking regions are going in the other direction.
From painting rainbows and clapping for hospital workers, to handing out food and playing music on balconies, the devastating pandemic has seen many heartening moments from around the world
Last October, three kilograms of gold were left on the carriage of a Swiss train – and authorities are now keen to return the princely sum to its rightful owner.
The WHO has changed tack on face coverings and deaths in the UK have hit a grim new figure, while coronavirus-related deaths in Italy remain on the decline.
The World Health Organisation says it has US$1.3 (A$1.99) billion funding shortfall for COVID-19 efforts, while Italy's coronavirus death count has topped 30,000.
The coronavirus outbreak has begun to look more like a worldwide economic crisis as anxiety about the disease dragged already slumping financial markets even lower.