https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Swiss woman being held hostage in Mali "was apparently killed by kidnappers... about a month ago", Bern's foreign ministry said in a statement Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20201010/swiss-hostage-killed-by-jihadis-in-mali-ministry Sat, 10 Oct 2020 12:41:18 +0200 swiss-hostage-killed-by-jihadis-in-mali-ministry A family were taken hostage in Switzerland on Friday to force the head of a precious metals company to hand over large amounts of gold, police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180112/family-taken-hostage-in-swiss-gold-heist Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:10:51 +0100 family-taken-hostage-in-swiss-gold-heist Al-Qaeda's affiliate in North Africa has released a new proof-of-life video of Swiss missionary Beatrice Stockly, who has been held hostage by the group in Mali since January. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160617/aqim-sends-proof-of-life-video-of-swiss-hostage Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:27:55 +0200 aqim-sends-proof-of-life-video-of-swiss-hostage Swiss birdwatcher Lorenzo Vinciguerra, who escaped from Islamic extremist group Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines last week after being held hostage for almost three years, arrived in Zurich airport on Friday morning. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141212/escaped-swiss-hostage-returns-home-from-philippines Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:13:00 +0100 escaped-swiss-hostage-returns-home-from-philippines A Swiss woman held hostage in Yemen for nearly a year has been freed and has arrived in Qatar, the Swiss government and the official QNA news agency said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130228/swiss-woman-held-hostage-in-yemen-freed Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:56:00 +0100 swiss-woman-held-hostage-in-yemen-freed