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Canada, Britain, Sweden and Ukraine are to move to the International Court of Justice in their bid to hold Iran accountable for the downing of an airliner by Iranian forces in 2020. Most of the 176 people killed when Iran shot down the…

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday he has called a meeting of senior officials from Turkiye, Sweden and Finland on July 6 to try to overcome Turkish objections to Sweden joining the military organization. Hungarian…

A Swedish appeals court on Monday said police had no legal grounds to block two gatherings where protesters had planned to burn the Qur'an earlier this year. The burning of Islam’s holy book outside Turkiye’s embassy in Stockholm in…

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said Friday she was marking her last “school strike” as she was graduating high school, but said she would continue partaking in weekly protests. “Today, I graduate from school, which means I’ll no…

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday called on Ankara to drop its opposition to Sweden’s bid to join the defense alliance, saying Stockholm has addressed Turkiye’s security concerns. “Sweden has taken significant concrete steps to meet…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday the “time is now” for Turkiye to drop its objections to Sweden joining NATO but said the Biden administration also believed that Turkiye should be provided with upgraded F-16 fighters “as…

Sweden's nationalists, who emerged as the second largest political force in last month's elections, will stay out of the new government that will take over from Magdalena Andersson's Social Democrats. Ulf Kristersson, the leader of the…

Sweden is on the cusp of a power shift, casting aside the ruling Social Democrats in favor of a centre-right opposition bloc as vote counting nears the finish line. A conclusive result is expected on Wednesday. The biggest Nordic country…

A five-year-old boy struck by a ricocheting bullet, a mother hit in the playground as she tried to protect her daughter, and another woman caught in the crossfire of a gangland killing in a mall; for Swedes, last month's attacks have become…