Switzerland’s government wants to make it simpler for step-parents to adopt. Under a draft law approved by the Federal Council, couples who have raised a child together since birth would no longer nee ...

Dame Esther Rantzen has confirmed she is “making arrangements” to go to Dignitas to die alone. The Childline founder and ...

Sophie Korevaar, 41, who has multiple sclerosis, wants the choice of assisted dying if the time comes and believes it will ...

The Assisted Dying Bill is going through the House of Lords and campaigners from both sides of the debate are trying to get ...

Conservative former prime minster Theresa May told the packed red benches of the upper chamber in Parliament that she fears the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill does not have enough safeguards ...

Swiss lawmakers are pushing back against government anti-money laundering legislation to help mitigate financial crime.

Swiss lawmakers are seeking to water down government proposals to help prevent financial crime, saying the country needs to ...

The wife of former prime minister of Nepal Jhala Nath Khanal died Tuesday after she was burned alive when her home was set on fire amid violent anti-government protests in the country, regional media ...

Protesters defied a curfew to set fire to government buildings and the homes of politicians as unrest over censorship and economic issues continued.

Swiss lawmakers voted to stick to the existing timetable for introducing new rules on bank capital quality, meaning that UBS ...

Swiss lawmakers voted for a faster introduction of new rules for banks’ capital quality, a move that could raise UBS Group AG’s capital requirements by some $3 billion as early as next year.

Switzerland’s government is proceeding to abandon all analog FM transmission, as it migrates to a DAB+ digital radio ...