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‘Gunman’ shuts down U2 concert in Stockholm
A U2 concert at Stockholm’s Globe Arena was canceled Sunday evening after a gunman was believed to be in the crowd, according to police and media reports. The arena, the biggest spherical building in the world, was evacuated and thousands
Anti-migrant demo in Finland over refugee influx
Several dozen demonstrators formed a “human wall” and briefly blocked a border point in a northern Finnish town Saturday in protest at a dramatic spike in the number of asylum seekers crossing over from Sweden, a local official said. Waving
Arctic Ramadan: How do you break fast if sun does not set?
In the Canadian city of Iqaluit, laborers are working long hours to finish the region’s first mosque before winter. And they’re doing so while fasting for almost 22 hours. Summertime means longer across the Northern Hemisphere. But it is particularly
Jail term extended for girl’s killer kin
The uncle of a Palestinian girl beaten to death by his wife in April 2014 had his sentence extended on Wednesday from six years to 14 years, Aftonbladet newspaper reported. Yara Al-Najjar, an eight-year-old girl seeking refuge from Gaza in
Swedish hostages return home
Two Swedish men held hostage by Syrian militants have been reunited with their families in Sweden, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. The hostages, named in local media as Thomas Olsson, 50, and Martin Reen, 33, were freed with
Two Swedes abducted in Syria freed
Two Swedes who had been abducted in Syria were released on Friday, the Swedish Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, news agency TT reported. It was not known for how long or where the Swedes had been held, TT reported, adding
Sweden tells Abbas aid to Palestine comes with responsibilities
Sweden announced a multi-million-euro Palestinian aid package Tuesday as president Mahmud Abbas made his first visit to Stockholm since 2009. Sweden became the first major Western European country to recognise Palestine in October, but Prime Minister Stefan Loefven stressed that
Palestinian president visits Sweden amid Israel spat
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Stockholm on Monday for an official visit tainted by a diplomatic row with Israel following Sweden’s recognition of Palestine. Swedish relations with Israel sank to an all-time low after the Nordic country’s centre-left government
Abbas to Stockholm after Israel shuns Swedish visit
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will visit Stockholm next month after Sweden became the first major state of the European Union to recognize Palestine, the Swedish government announced Friday. “The visit of president Abbas, by invitation from the prime minister, is
In defense of mosque
STOCKHOLM : Swedes expressing solidarity with Muslims have staged manifestations after a series of recent attacks on mosques. In the city of Uppsala, where anti-Muslim rhetoric was scrawled onto a mosque wall on Thursday, hundreds of people pasted red paper
Arson attack on Swedish mosque injures five
An arsonist set fire to a mosque in central Sweden on Thursday injuring five people, police said, as the country grapples with a political crisis caused by the rise of the extreme right. “Somebody threw an object through a closed
Up to 300 Swedes fighting with ISIS: official
As many as 300 Swedes could have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) insurgency, whose brutal tactics in Iraq and Syria have shocked the world, Sweden’s intelligence chief said Saturday. “A hundred cases of people who have
Assange loses appeal against Swedish arrest warrant
STOCKHOLM: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday lost an appeal against a Swedish warrant for his arrest to be questioned over alleged sex crimes. “The Court of Appeal refuses Julian Assange’s claim that the detention order of the city court
Sweden says no plans to open Ramallah embassy
Sweden said Monday it will not open an embassy in Ramallah even though it has officially recognised the state of Palestine, the first major EU nation to do so. “Nobody has opened an embassy in Ramallah, and we think that
Filmmaker sorry over ‘Syrian hero boy’ video
STOCKHOLM: The producer of a viral video showing a Syrian boy rescuing a girl under gunfire apologized Sunday after the revelation it was fake drew fierce criticism. “We stand for our good intention behind this but we’re also sorry if
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