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Gun-hoarding Swiss man fined for giant stash

This content was published on Aug 6, 2015 When the 69-year-old man failed to keep appointments with the authorities to carry out checks on his weapons and did not produce documents they had requested, police raided his home in Unterseen, in the Bernese Oberland. They found it was packed to the rafters with guns. After the perimeter of the building was sealed off police…

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Twelve jihadists from Switzerland believed dead

This content was published on Jul 17, 2015 A dozen people who left Switzerland to fight in jihadist conflicts are now believed dead, according to the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (FIS).

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Switzerland’s ‘most wanted’ asylum seeker

This content was published on Jul 12, 2015 Bugti is the leader of the Baloch Republican Party, a political organisation that is currently banned in Pakistan, as it campaigns for complete independence for the country’s Balochistan province. Bordering Iran and Afghanistan, Balochistan has always been a strategic location for Pakistan. The province attracted global attention when the Chinese announced plans to invest $46…

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Switzerland bans shipping of war materiel to Yemen

This content was published on Jun 12, 2015 Already in May, the cabinet had added two top Yemeni figures involved in the crisis – Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi and Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, the eldest son of Yemen’s former president – to a list of people who are being sanctioned. The list already included former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and two military leaders.…

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Bosnian Muslim war commander arrested in Geneva

This content was published on Jun 11, 2015 Former Bosnian Muslim military commander Naser Oric has been arrested in Geneva on an international warrant issued by Serbia alleging war crimes.

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Yemenis added to Swiss sanctions list

This content was published on May 5, 2015 Switzerland has added two top Yemeni figures involved in the crisis in the Arab state to a list of sanctions. The measure follows a United Nations Security Council embargo on arms, travel and assets passed on April 14.

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A woman and a platoon leader

This content was published on Apr 24, 2015

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Swiss jihadist frees wife and child

This content was published on Apr 19, 2015 The 22-year-old mother, a German national, is now sheltering with the German authorities in Turkey. The man, a 21-year-old logistics specialist and Muslim convert from Arbon, canton Thurgau, let them go on Saturday night near the town of Reyhanli, on the Syrian-Turkish border. He had been in Syria since July. His wife followed him there…

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Swiss and Austrian armies consider collaboration

This content was published on Apr 16, 2015 On an official visit to Switzerland on Thursday, Austrian Defence Minister Gerald Klug praised the excellent relations between the two countries. “Switzerland and Austria are natural partners,” he stated. In a pilot project foreseen for 2016, recruits from the neighbouring countries would participate in a three- to four-week exercise at the end of their basic…

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