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Assad Switzerland Syria This is Beirut war crimes
Switzerland's Attorney General announced on Tuesday that Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, will stand trial in Switzerland for alleged crimes. Accusations include ordering homicides, torture and illegal detentions. Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, will stand trial in Switzerland ...
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Joe Biden Putin Switzerland This is Beirut Ukraine Peace Talks Ukraine War
US President Joe Biden is expected to attend a high-level Ukraine war peace conference, which is expected to be held in Switzerland in mid-June, Swiss media reports said. The conference date has not yet been set, but several media outlets this week suggested June 16–17. Invitations have not been sent, but the NZZ daily newspaper quoted ...
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Putin Russia Switzerland Ukraine Peace Summit Ukraine War
The international community gathered in Switzerland Sunday for the first Ukraine Peace Summit. Dozens of countries meeting for a landmark international summit on peace in Ukraine agreed Sunday that Kyiv should enter dialogue with Russia on ending the war, while strongly supporting Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity. Leaders and top ...
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2024 Paris Olympics France Security Switzerland
A Franco-Swiss airport was temporarily evacuated for security reasons on Friday, hours after arson attacks disrupted the French rail network ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony. EuroAirport, located on the French side of the border near Basel, said on its website that it had reopened and flight operations were gradually restarting. Earlier, ...
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Burhan Hemedti rsf Sudan Switzerland
US-sponsored talks on agreeing to a ceasefire in the devastating conflict in Sudan kicked off in Switzerland on Wednesday, despite the Sudanese government staying away. War has been raging since April 2023 between the Sudanese army under the country's de facto ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by ...
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conviction Court of Appeal Rape Switzerland Tariq Ramadan
Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who has been convicted of rape by a Geneva appeals court and sentenced to prison, will contest the verdict before Switzerland's highest court, his lawyers said on Tuesday. After being acquitted last year, a Geneva appeals court said on Tuesday it had found the 62-year-old former Oxford University professor "guilty ...
