Switzerland

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have detained 18 staff members of a Swiss-registered NGO, including a foreigner, the group said Saturday. The International Assistance Mission (IAM) said the staffers were picked up from its office in…
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Former Algerian defense minister Khaled Nezzar has been indicted in Switzerland on charges of committing crimes against humanity in the 1990s during the civil war, state prosecutors said Tuesday. The Office of the Attorney General of…
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DNA tests have confirmed that the body recently found on a glacier southeast of the famed Matterhorn peak is that of a German mountaineer who disappeared 37 years ago, police in southwestern Switzerland said Thursday. Increasing glacier…
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Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar bin Ibrahim Alkhorayef has concluded an official visit to Switzerland, Saudi Press Agency reported. His trip was designed to enhance cooperation between the Kingdom and…
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Swiss foreign ministry announced today the closure of Switzerland's embassy in Khartoum and the evacuation of staff and their families for security reasons. "This was made possible thanks to a collaboration with our partners, in particular…
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Switzerland’s Gotthard road tunnel under the Alps was temporarily blocked by protesters on Friday, worsening the lengthy tailbacks at the start of the Easter holiday. The 17-kilometer (10.5-mile) tunnel is one of the main routes crossing…
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Fifteen people were injured, including at least one seriously hurt, in two separate train derailments that happened in quick succession Friday in stormy wind in northwestern Switzerland, police said. The incidents, on regional passenger…
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Switzerland, a leading drug country, is considering allowing its citizens to purchase recreational cannabis products from pharmacies. And the federal government in Switzerland began in 2019 to follow this trend, by launching pilot…
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UBS Group AG is in discussions to take over all or part of Credit Suisse, the Financial Times reported on Friday, after an emergency funding lifeline failed to restore investor confidence in the smaller Swiss bank. The boards of…
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Swiss bank Credit Suisse said it will move to shore up its finances, borrowing up to $54 billion from the central bank after its shares plunged, dragging down other major European lenders in the wake of bank failures in the US, according to…
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