Switzerland

A Swiss federal court on Friday acquitted Qatari President of Paris Saint-Germain football club Nasser Al-Khelaifi of corruption charges, news agencies reported. Al-Khelaifi, who is also chairperson of Qatar-owned...

The Lutheran World Federation has issued a statement calling on the international community to find "a lasting solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict," one that brings "an end to the occupation." "The Council...

The Saudi royal family has launched a non-profit organisation called the Hevolution Foundation, which plans to invest $1 billion annually in funding anti-ageing research and the biology of extending...

Kahana also voiced his opposition to the two-state solution, describing as “nonsense” the idea that it would bring peace

Iran, on Friday, summoned the Envoy of Switzerland, which represents US interests in Tehran, to protest against the US seizure of Iranian oil from a Russian-operated ship near Greece,...

The son of Egyptian president and dictator Hosni Mubarak has declared victory after over a decade of fighting corruption charges.

A collection of ancient Iranian artefacts have been returned to the country's National Museum after a 40-year search and a longstanding legal dispute. Dating back almost 3,000 years, 51 decorated glazed...

After an eight-year legal battle, a Swiss court has recognised the statelessness of Palestinian refugees from Syria and acknowledged their right to protection. The landmark case could open the...

Swiss federal prosecutors have dropped an 11-year investigation into suspected money laundering by Egyptians related to the Arab Spring uprisings, Reuters has reported. "Despite the numerous enquiries and having...

A new round of talks involving the Constitutional Committee seeking a solution to the ongoing 11-year war in Syria resumed in Geneva Monday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The five...

Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie, yesterday described the situation in Yemen as “heartbreaking and infuriating”

The Swiss Public Prosecution yesterday demanded the imprisonment of Qatari national Nasser Al-Khelaifi, president of the French football club Paris Saint-Germain, for 28 months, and the former FIFA Secretary-General...

Reports claiming that King Abdullah II opened secret bank accounts in Switzerland as the Arab Spring protests were setting off across the Middle East are "inaccurate, outdated and misleading"...

The accounts of many prominent figures from the Middle East were exposed in the data leak including those held by intelligence and military figures from Egypt, Yemen, Jordan, Iraq and Algeria.

A leak from one of the world's biggest private banks, Credit Suisse, reveals that it opened accounts for clients involved in torture and corruption including from the Middle East...

12,000 Iraqi official are being investigated for corruption

Former Algerian Defence Minister Khaled Nezzar is to be prosecuted in Switzerland for alleged war crimes committed in Algeria between 1992 and 1994, Arabi21 reported yesterday. In a statement, Trial International said: "The Swiss Office of...

Lebanese central bank head banned from foreign travel while fraud investigations continue

A number of European representatives and diplomats yesterday visited the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem and met with Palestinian families threatened with eviction by occupation authotiries. The...

Two Swiss half-sisters, whose mother took them out of the country with her when she joined the Daesh militant group in the Middle East in 2016 have been repatriated...

The story of Liverpool footballer Mohamed Salah's rise to stardom is to be included in the national school curriculum of his native Egypt, according to a report in the Times yesterday....

The UN Human Rights Council today recognised access to a clean and healthy environment as a fundamental right, formally adding its weight to the global fight against climate hardship and...

Bahrain's Kalkidan Gezahegne won the Giants Geneva 10K in 29 minutes 38 seconds on Sunday to take five seconds off the women's world record for a 10km road race...

The United Arab Emirates yesterday sentenced a Syrian human rights activist to ten years in prison on charges of terrorism and insulting the prestige of the state. Abdul Rahman...

France's highest court on Tuesday dismissed a previous legal ruling that struck out a charge for complicity in crimes against humanity against cement firm Lafarge over its dealings in...

The trial of the former President of Kuwait's Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), Ahmad Al-Fahd Al-Sabah, began in the Swiss city of Geneva yesterday. He is accused of forgery in an...

The Peoples' Protection Units (YPG) in north-east Syria are to open an office in Geneva, the Kurdish militia has announced. According to Turkey's Daily Sabah, the YPG is set...

Hamas officials met with a Geneva Council for International Affairs and Development (GCIAD) delegation in Istanbul to discuss the current situation in Palestine and international efforts to support justice and...

On 2 July, the UN-led Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) ended four days of talks in Geneva but failed to reach agreement on the task at hand: agreeing a...

The Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad has used chemical materials imported from Switzerland to manufacture chemical weapons in 2014, the Swiss SonntagsZeitung news site reported. The site quoted...

A Swiss court ordered the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's oil minister to pay $1.5 million in a corruption case today, a decision that his lawyer said...

US President Joe Biden voiced support on Tuesday to speed up approval of the financial transfers needed to deliver more food and medicines to Iran through a Swiss humanitarian...