Switzerland

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Five students at the University of Manchester began a movement which has now spread across Europe

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...