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ICRC president condemns ‘man-made humanitarian catastrophe’ in Yemen

A girl drinks water from a well that is allegedly contaminated with cholera bacteria, on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen.

This content was published on Jul 25, 2017 Peter Maurer is visiting three Yemeni cities in five days to address the health crisis that has ravaged the war-torn nation for the past four months.

Supporters of the Turkish president rally in front of the United Nations at Geneva

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Swiss join in chorus of protest on Turkey

This content was published on Jul 21, 2017 The Swiss foreign ministry added its voice to the chorus of growing international concern over a Turkish court order to arrest activists.

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Building peace with rock bands, orchestras, and theatre

This content was published on Jun 22, 2017 Could art and culture be the future tools of diplomats and peacebuilders? A Swiss woman’s initiative is helping to make it happen, step by step.

inspecting a Cluster Bomb Unit in the southern village of Ouazaiyeh, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006

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Swiss state pension fund stops investing in arms firms

This content was published on Jun 13, 2017 According to a report by Swiss public radio, SRF, Publica, the biggest pension fund in Switzerland, is dropping five arms manufacturers from its investment portfolio and selling its stake in them. Publica currently has 63,000 people paying in to the fund and 43,000 recipients, mainly government civil servants and employees at the federal institutes of…

The badge of a Swiss army officer on the Swisscoy KFOR mission in Kosovo

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Parliament extends Swiss peacekeeping mission in Kosovo

This content was published on Jun 8, 2017 Following the Senate in March, the House of Representatives has approved the extension of the Swisscoy peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.

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Syrian peace talks in Geneva: what’s going on?

This content was published on May 16, 2017 Here is a short guide to the sixth round of the intra-Syrian peace negotiations, which are taking place in Geneva and set to run from May 16-19.

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Ninety people identified as being ‘at risk’ of jihadism

This content was published on May 2, 2017 Switzerland’s intelligence service has created a new category for the estimated 90 individuals who could have connections to terrorist activity.

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EU commissioner praises new corporate tax plan

This content was published on Apr 25, 2017 Relations between the European Union and Switzerland remain excellent, despite Swiss voters recently rejecting plans to overhaul corporate taxes.

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‘We look on as people starve to death, and we do nothing’

This content was published on Apr 24, 2017 Manea, who has Yemeni and Swiss citizenship, says negotiations need to take place at a local and regional level. swissinfo.ch: What’s the situation for the population in Yemen? Elham Manea: Every ten minutes a child dies from malnutrition. We look on as people starve to death, and we do nothing. Everyone is suffering there, but…

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Swiss condemn attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt

This content was published on Apr 9, 2017 On Sunday morning, a bomb planted in the pews rocked St George church in Tanta, followed by another one a few hours later detonated by a suicide bomber in Saint Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria, the historic seat of the Coptic Pope. While the Coptic Pope Tawadros escaped unharmed, over 40 people lost their lives and…

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