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Calls for criminalizing hate speech instead, amid controversy over proposed legislation.

So there it is, said Erik Helmerson in Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm): “One hundred and fifty years of Swedish neutrality has been replaced by something new.” In a surprising – and very welcome – development last week, Turkey finally dropped its opposition to Sweden’s accession to Nato, so paving the way for…

England will go into the World Cup as one of the tournament favourites after winning the Euros

Sweden’s ambassadors summoned by various countries to lodge protest over incidents in Stockholm.

Muslim-majority nations are expressing outrage over the desecration of a copy of the Quran in Sweden

From England and Australia to the United States and Germany, here is every kit at the Women’s World Cup ranked and rated from worst to best

A recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists in Sweden has sparked an angry reaction in Muslim countries and raised questions about why such acts are allowed

Muslim nations have expressed outrage since Salwan Momika desecrated the holy book in Stockholm last month.

Iraq expelled Sweden's ambassador and recalled its diplomat from Sweden, hours after protesters attacked the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, setting fire to part of the building.

The United States and reclusive North Korea have no diplomatic ties — but they still have ways to reach each other

England will go into the World Cup as one of the tournament favourites after winning the Euros