As the UN document turns 70 years old, experts say there is a lack of political will to implement the rights of refugees under the agreement. Countries in Africa are already moving beyond it.

The meeting between senior US officials and their Russian counterparts follows a landmark summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin last month.

Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin sought to cool tensions in the combustible US-Russian relationship at their first summit in Geneva, but the issue of human rights remained a source of discrepancy. the first summit between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin

The US president, fresh from G7, NATO and EU summits, will meet his Russian counterpart in Switzerland for face-to-face talks. Despite tensions, the US and Russia say they want more "stable" bilateral relations.

Roger Federer explains his disappointment after Pablo Andujar staged a third set comeback to spoil his return to tour at the Geneva Open.

A nearly 40-million-year-old skeleton belonging to what is popularly known as a sabre-toothed tiger is going under the hammer in Geneva a year after its discovery on a US ranch. The skeleton, some 120 centimetres (nearly four feet) long, is expected to fetch between 60,000 and 80,000 Swiss francs ($66,560 to $88,750; 55,300 to 73,750 euros) at auction in the Swiss city.

This week, the Syrian constitutional committee will convene for the first time in Geneva. But critics question its independence and doubt it will change the Syrian status-quo.

While talks involving the government and Syrian opposition continue in Geneva, on the ground civilians continue to suffer. One week into the talks, the possibility of a resolution remains uncertain.

Russia's foreign minister says UN-sponsored talks on Syria will be postponed until the end of February.

In Geneva U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says progress is being made on reviving a wider ceasefire in Syria.

As those UN brokered talks break down again in Geneva, it's the civilians in Syria who are suffering. More than 60 people have been killed in deadly attacks across four provinces in the past few days. Andrew Simmons reports from Kilis on the Turkey