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German Defence Minister Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen informed Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi at the Davos Economic Forum in Switzerland that Berlin will continue training Iraqi armed forces....
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The Swiss newspaper Basler Zeitung revealed the fact that there exists a "secret alliance" between Saudi Arabia and Israel, intended "to restrain Iran's expansion in the region, despite the...
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Farid al-Deeb, the lawyer of the former Egyptian president, Muhammad Hosni Mubarak (1981-2011), has disclosed that his client does not own any assets of any kind abroad. In a...
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The Swiss government yesterday decided to end a freeze on Egyptian assets worth about $436 million, including those of former president Hosni Mubarak. The government explained that the assets...
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The Syrian opposition delegation to the Geneva-eight talks said, Wednesday, it has discussed elections with UN Special Envoy, Staffan de Mistura, and his team. "Today's session was richer and deeper...
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The Syrian opposition has called the government of President Bashar Al-Assad's decision to quit UN-led peace talks in Geneva an embarrassment to Russia, Reuters reported yesterday. The comments came...
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Swiss Federal prosecutors said yesterday that the Swiss authorities were examining information provided by banks about possible suspicious transactions related to Saudi accounts. The comments came in response to...
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The Palestinian group Hamas said Wednesday that Israel's barring of Swiss officials from entering the blockaded Gaza Strip from Israeli territory is "inhuman". Hamas explained in a written statement that...
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The Syrian opposition delegation at peace talks in Geneva is aiming for the removal of President Bashar Al-Assad and plans to engage his negotiators in serious and direct talks,...
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Syria's main opposition stuck by its demand on Thursday that President Bashar al-Assad play no role in an interim period under any UN-sponsored peace deal, despite speculation it could...
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The Swiss Defense Ministry has admitted sending its staff to assess surveillance drones in Syrian Golan Heights, a territory occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, according to the Swissinfo...
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Swiss Federal Court has rejected an appeal on an earlier decision by a lower court to freeze the assets of Rami Makhlouf, the cousin of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad,...
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Switzerland's embassies in Iran and Saudi have signed agreements to represent Iranian interests in Saudi Arabia and Saudi interests in Iran, the Swiss government said yesterday. Iran and Saudi...
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Switzerland's Federal Administrative Court in St Gallen has revoked the asylum status of a Libyan preacher following allegations of spreading hate speech. Salah al-din Faitouri, known as Abu-Ramadan, obtained...
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An international legal NGO has raised concerns over delays in the case against Rifaat Al-Assad, the uncle of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, who is facing criminal proceedings in Switzerland...
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Swiss authorities have informed Egypt's Prosecutor-General of the closure of the joint legal efforts that started in 2011 over the frozen funds of former president Hosni Mubarak, who was...
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There have been no deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea in last 20 days, the UN Migration Agency said on Tuesday. "Since 9 August, IOM, the UN Migration...
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The Swiss Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday that it had stopped funding the Palestinian NGO Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat, due to alleged links to terrorism, the...
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On Tuesday 20 June Mohammed bin Nayef, a powerful figure in Saudi Arabia's security apparatus for the past two decades and the next in line to the throne, was...
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The Chairman of Qatar's National Human Rights Commission said on Wednesday that a Swiss law firm is being engaged to sue the countries imposing the siege on the Gulf...
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The Swiss parliament has blocked a move to criminalise the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign aimed at Israel's abuse of human rights in occupied Palestine. Although MPs voted...
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The Swiss attorney general is considering presenting an indictment against former Israeli Foreign Minister and current MK, Tzipi Livni, on charges of war crimes, according to Israeli media. Israel's...
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The Saudi embassy in Austria has warned its citizens not to wear a full face veil, niqab, in Austria after the government passed a bill banning it, Al-Hayat newspaper...
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Switzerland said a sign raised by protesters in the capital, Bern, in late March calling to "Kill Erdogan" did not violate laws against inciting violence. People demonstrating in Bern...
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United Nations mediator Staffan de Mistura said on Monday that he was reconvening peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition in Geneva on 16 May. In a statement,...
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Five students at the University of Manchester began a movement which has now spread across Europe
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Swiss Imam and head of the Islamic Centre of Geneva, Hani Ramadan, has been forced to leave France. The Egyptian born cleric, the older brother of the Islamic scholar...
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Kuwaiti authorities said British authorities have arrested the former head of Kuwait's social security fund, Fahad Al-Rajaan, who is convicted of corruption and embezzling public money. A Kuwaiti court...
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PKK sympathisers held up signs reading "Kill Erdogan with his own weapons" and pictured a pistol aimed at his head during a rally in Bern, Switzerland
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Turkey's foreign ministry summoned Switzerland's charge d'affairs in Ankara on Saturday to complain about a protest in Bern that it said supported terrorism and included a poster calling for...
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Switzerland has launched a criminal investigation into possible foreign spying on the country's Turkish community, federal prosecutors said today. The Swiss foreign minister told his Turkish counterpart on Thursday...
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that the increasing militant activities in Syria is intended to thwart the negotiations due to begin in Geneva, Sputnik news agency...