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 One of three men sentenced in March for supporting terrorist group Islamic State (IS) from Switzerland has been freed from jail. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160911/bomb-plot-suspect-released-from-jail Sun, 11 Sep 2016 18:55:13 +0200 bomb-plot-suspect-released-from-jail Four Iraqi nationals accused of trying to plant an Islamic State (IS) cell in Switzerland go on trial at the criminal court in Bellinzona on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160229/suspected-swiss-jihadists-hauled-up-before-court Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:05:38 +0100 suspected-swiss-jihadists-hauled-up-before-court The Isis (Islamic State) jihadist group has been operating a cell from the city of Winterthur, northeast of Zurich, according to a Swiss war correspondent and expert on Syria. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151118/isis-cell-operating-out-of-winterthur-mosque Wed, 18 Nov 2015 09:33:06 +0100 isis-cell-operating-out-of-winterthur-mosque Islamic State jihadists may have committed genocide in trying to wipe out the Yazidi minority in Iraq, a Geneva-based UN agency said on Thursday in a report laying out a litany of atrocities. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150319/jihadists-accused-of-atrocities-against-iraqi-minority Thu, 19 Mar 2015 14:38:43 +0100 jihadists-accused-of-atrocities-against-iraqi-minority A Swiss man of Syrian Christian origin who battled the Islamic State group faces charges after returning home, raising the issue of how Europe handles citizens fighting Isis. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150311/anti-is-fighter-faces-charges-in-switzerland Wed, 11 Mar 2015 20:28:28 +0100 anti-is-fighter-faces-charges-in-switzerland The first jihadist returning to Switzerland from Syria will escape prison but has to perform 600 hours of community service, RTS, the French-language national broadcaster reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141210/first-2 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:02:00 +0100 first-2 UPDATED: A Swiss man kidnapped by Islamic militants in the Philippines nearly three years ago escaped on Saturday after a fierce struggle with one of his captors over a machete and a frantic run to freedom under gunfire, the military said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141206/kidnapped-swiss-man-rescued-in-philippines Sat, 06 Dec 2014 12:20:00 +0100 kidnapped-swiss-man-rescued-in-philippines A website considered by terrorism experts to be one of the major francophone platforms for recruiting jihadists was recently closed by Swiss authorities, French-language national TV broadcaster RTS reports. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141112/swiss-authorities-shut-down-jihadist-website-report Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:16:00 +0100 swiss-authorities-shut-down-jihadist-website-report Swiss authorities confirmed on Friday that three Iraqis arrested in March are suspected of having planned a terrorist attack in Europe on behalf of the Islamic State group. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141031/swiss-confirm-european-terror-plot-by-three-iraqis Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:39:00 +0100 swiss-confirm-european-terror-plot-by-three-iraqis Switzerland is following Germany’s lead in banning extremist terror group Islamic State (Isis) and any activity that supports it. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141009/switzerland-is-latest-nation-to-ban-islamic-state Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:34:00 +0200 switzerland-is-latest-nation-to-ban-islamic-state Three Iraqis arrested in Switzerland in March are suspected of having planned an attack in the name of the Isis group, Swiss media reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140924/iraqis-in-switzerland-suspected-of-planning-attack Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:23:00 +0200 iraqis-in-switzerland-suspected-of-planning-attack The Islamist militant onslaught in Iraq raises the spectre of a sectarian conflict spilling across the embattled nation's borders, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned in Geneva on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140617/un-chief-warns-iraq-crisis-could-spread Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:02:00 +0200 un-chief-warns-iraq-crisis-could-spread Iran and world powers locked horns in intense nuclear talks in Geneva on Thursday, with Tehran saying a deal was not yet in sight in the third round of negotiations since Hassan Rouhani's election. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131121/nuclear-deal-not-yet-in-sight-teheran Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:08:00 +0100 nuclear-deal-not-yet-in-sight-teheran French President François Hollande has spelled out his key demands to Iran ahead of crunch nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers this week in Geneva aimed at reaching a landmark accord. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131118/hollande-spells-out-demands-for-iran-deal Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:30:00 +0100 hollande-spells-out-demands-for-iran-deal Iraq says it has reached a $6-billion deal with a Swiss company for the construction and operation of an oil refinery with a capacity of 150,000 barrels per day. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131010/iraq-announces-oil-deal-with-swiss-firm Thu, 10 Oct 2013 22:26:00 +0200 iraq-announces-oil-deal-with-swiss-firm UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Friday slammed a new wave of executions in Iraq, saying the country's justice system was seriously flawed. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130420/un-rights-chief-sounds-alarm-over-iraq-executions Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0200 un-rights-chief-sounds-alarm-over-iraq-executions