The United States and Iran each freed a prisoner on Saturday in a rare act of cooperation between two longtime foes whose ties have worsened since President Donald Trump...

A new round of talks on Syria peace failed to start due to failure to reach an agreement on the agenda, said a UN official on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. “It...

The meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Committee in Geneva, stalled on Tuesday, due to differences between the regime and opposition delegations on its agenda. UN Special Representative for Syria...

Abdallah Chatila claims he bought the items - including Adolf Hitler's collapsible top hat - to prevent them from being used for the purpose of “neo-Nazi propaganda”

Saudi Princess Basmah, daughter of King Saud bin Abdulaziz is under house arrest for wanting reforms

Saudi authorities kidnapped a Saudi lawyer and an activist from their residence in the Switzerland city of Geneva, the rights group Prisoners of Conscience has revealed. Saudi lawyer Hassan...

The mini-constitution drafting committee of Syria yesterday concluded the first round of talks at the UN headquarters in Geneva. The delegations representing the Syrian opposition, the regime and civil...

The Syrian opposition said yesterday that the regime delegation did not submit any proposals or ideas during the first session of the constitution-drafting committee meeting held at the UN...

Hosted by the UN, representatives of the Syrian regime and Syrian opposition sat together in Geneva yesterday to discuss the country’s future constitution. According to UN News, the UN Special...

The Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said on Tuesday that the Saudi-led coalition has committed 1,594 violations of the Sweden-backed ceasefire during the past two months, totalling 30,597 violations...

Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz announced yesterday that Israel and Switzerland will work on finding an alternative to UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the Jerusalem Post reported. These...

Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz has headed to Switzerland in a bid to end the threat of arrest warrants faced by Israeli war crimes suspects visiting the country, reported...

Swiss prosecutors have ordered that an Israeli billionaire should stand trial on corruption and bribery charges allegedly involving a widow of the former President of Guinea, international news agencies...

Switzerland and the Netherlands have frozen funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) after an internal report alleging sexual misconduct and corruption among...

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert cancelled a planned trip to Switzerland after being told he could be arrested over war crimes charges, Israeli media reported yesterday. As first...

Switzerland has banned planemaker Pilatus from operating in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), saying on Wednesday the company had breached Swiss rules on giving logistical support...

Egypt’s churches distinguish between their national and political roles, the country’s Coptic pope, Tawadros II, said yesterday.”Politicians have their own speciality, which I didn’t study,” Tawadros told ME Sat....

An Israeli newspaper close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday accused Switzerland of spending $2 million on legal activities which it says harm Israel. Israel Hayom claimed that the...

Fleeing war-torn Syria to Lebanon, Palestinian refugee Adnan thought he would find safety and a better life, but he is not out of danger. On the night of his...

Thirteen independent trade unions in Algeria have refused to support the efforts of newly-appointed Prime Minister Noureddine Badawi to form a government he hopes will help pacify protesters who...

Some 28 civilians were killed in the eastern Syrian province in Deir Ez-Zor yesterday due to the ongoing US-led bombing campaign on the last Daesh stronghold, and an explosion...

Switzerland will not help bring home adult citizens who joined up with Daesh fighters in Syria and Iraq, the government said on Friday, insisting national security was paramount, Reuters...

Algerians have been protesting against Bouteflika’s decision to run for a fifth term

A family in Yemen has married off their three-year-old daughter in exchange for food and shelter, international charity Oxfam warned yesterday. “Conflict, rising food prices and plummeting incomes in...

A former Swiss soldier who commanded a Christian militia fighting Daesh in Syria was found guilty on Friday of violating Swiss neutrality, reported Reuters. Hanna Johannes Cosar’s case was...

Switzerland would prefer to have citizens who fought for Daesh tried on the spot rather than be brought home to face criminal charges, its justice minister said on Tuesday,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he would eject a foreign force set up to help safeguard Palestinians in a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank,...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed Tuesday Daesh’s “caliphate” has been defeated, just one day after the terror group claimed its second attack on US military personnel in as...

Food aid meant for starving Yemenis is being stolen and sold in some areas controlled by the Houthi movement, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. The Houthis...

Morocco arrested a Swiss national on Saturday in connection with the killing of two Scandinavian women, the counter-terrorism agency said. Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland,...

Operations at Yemen’s lifeline port of Hodeidah have nearly halved in two weeks, with shipping companies deterred by insecurity in the flashpoint Houthi-held city, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP)...

As the Trump White House entertains Riyadh’s dubious explanation for the death of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct....