This video captures takeoffs, landings, and training missions amid breathtaking mountain scenery, offering a rare glimpse ...

Switzerland’s most senior arms procurement official is seeking closer collaboration with European neighbors, as global demand ...

In 1913, Swiss Guards mutinied for a week in response but eventually received military training as Repond wanted, Alvarez wrote in The Pope's Soldiers: A Military History of the Modern Vatican.

Every good adventurer, mechanic, and anyone who fancies themselves MacGyver knows it's always wise to have a good multi-tool by your side. You just never know when you'll need to defuse a bomb ...

The Swiss Guard is a military body tasked with protecting the pope. 135 men make up the Swiss Guard. Swiss Guard recruits must be a single man between the age of 19-30 who is a practicing Catholic ...

More spending on the army, defence cooperation with NATO and a revision of the neutrality policy: this is what a group of experts has recommended to the Swiss government. It has formulated 100 ...

As the world prepares for a day of both solace and celebration, here's a better look at the Swiss Guard, the independent military corps that's been protecting the Catholic pope since the 1500s.