The Local Switzerland

Kurdish brothers charged with 'terror' ties

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:09:24 +0200

Two Kurdish brothers from Iraq, living as refugees in Switzerland, have been charged with taking part in a "terrorist" organization linked to Al-Qaeda, the Swiss attorney general's office said on Monday.

Swiss hostage in Yemen makes new video appeal

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:15:42 +0200

A Swiss woman being held hostage in eastern Yemen has made a second video appeal to the Swiss government to help her, the Sonntags Zeitung reported on Sunday.

Swiss woman kidnapped in Timbuktu: confirmed

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0200

Switzerland on Monday confirmed that a female national had been kidnapped in Mali's Timbuktu, the fabled city seized by Islamists after a coup in the west African nation.

Swiss woman abducted in Mali: local official

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:42:00 +0200

A Swiss woman has been abducted in the rebel-held northern Malian city of Timbuktu, now controlled by Islamist fighters, a local official and a resident of the town told AFP on Sunday.

Swiss woman's captors: Free bin Laden's wives

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:21:00 +0200

A bid to release a Swiss woman kidnapped in Yemen has suffered a blow after her abductors made excessive demands, including for Osama bin Laden's widows to be freed, a tribal chief said on Thursday.

Swiss woman seized in Yemen 'safe': tribal chief

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:33:00 +0100

A Swiss woman being held hostage in eastern Yemen is safe and in good health, a tribal chief told AFP on Tuesday, offering to mediate with the kidnappers for her release.

Al-Qaeda kidnaps Swiss woman: Yemeni officials

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:04:00 +0100

Suspected Al-Qaeda militants have kidnapped a Swiss woman and are holding her in the southeastern province of Shabwa, a provincial chief and a security official told AFP on Friday.