Searched for
FREEDOM OF SPEECH SWEDEN
An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has been killedSalwan Momika, an Iraqi man known for multiple Quran burnings in Sweden, was shot dead near Stockholm. His actions in 2023 had ignited glob...
Iran sent thousands of SMS to Swedes calling for revenge over 2023 Quran burningsSweden has accused Iran of sending thousands of text messages calling for revenge over Quran burnings in the country. Authorities claim tha...
Sweden raises its terror threat level to 2nd-highest following recent Quran burningsIn neighbouring Denmark, where there also have been several public Quran desecrations, police said Wednesday that "on the recommendation" o...
Protesters try to storm Baghdad's Green Zone over the burning of Quran and Iraqi flag in DenmarkAn Iraqi asylum-seeker who burned a copy of the Quran during a demonstration last month in Stockholm had threatened to do the same thing ag...
Iraq expels Sweden envoy as Koran stomped in StockholmNews that Swedish authorities would permit the protest to proceed on free speech grounds had led hundreds of Iraqis to storm and torch Swed...
Pope Francis condemns burning of Koran, says UAE newspaperPope Francis said the burning of the Muslim holy book, the Koran, has made him angry and disgusted and that he condemned and rejected permi...
Sweden government condemns 'Islamophobic' Koran burning: ministryThe Swedish government has condemned the burning of a Koran outside Stockholm's main mosque as an "Islamophobic" act. The government expres...
Julian Assange loses latest bid to stop extradition to the US on spying chargesAssange has battled in British courts for years to avoid being sent to the US, where he faces 17 charges of espionage and one charge of com...
Finland's top diplomat hints at joining NATO without SwedenHis comment came a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Sweden not to expect support for its bid for NATO membership fol...
UK govt approves extradition of Julian Assange; appeal possibleHome Secretary Priti Patel signed the extradition order on Friday, her department said. It follows a British court ruling in April that Ass...
Pakistan condemns anti-Islamic acts in Sweden and NetherlandsThese mindless provocative Islamophobic incidents serve no purpose other than hurting the sensitivities of over 1.5 billion Muslims living ...
Russia's neighbours 'in danger', Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warnsSweden reopened its garrison on Gotland in 2018, in the wake of Russia's annexation of Crimea, after shutting it down in 2004. "It would me...
Neutral Finland, Sweden warm to idea of NATO membershipRussia's invasion of Ukraine has profoundly changed Europe's security outlook, including for Nordic neutrals Finland and Sweden, where supp...
India no longer a democratic country, claims Rahul GandhiThis comes after another global report by a US government-funded NGO, Freedom House downgraded India's status from "free" to "partly free" ...
PM Modi pitches for deepening ties with Sweden in tech, research sectorsIn his opening remarks at a virtual summit with Swedish premier Stefan Lofven, Modi said, "We can further our relationship in innovation, t...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denied bail in BritainOn Monday, the judge rejected an American request to send Assange to the U.S. to face espionage charges over WikiLeaks' publication of secr...
UK judge refuses extradition of WikiLeaks founder AssangeDistrict Judge Vanessa Baraitser is due to give her ruling at Londons Central Criminal Court, following a three-week extradition hearing in...
- Internet is a great spying machine: Assange
Dubbing the internet as the world's greatest spying machine, the co-founder of whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks Jullian Assange said that ...
- Indians beat Chinese at prosperity game
India fares better in overall prosperity, despite weak economic indicators, and is ranked 45th in the world, ahead of China’s 75th rank, ac...
- Taslima Nasreen in India for her visa extension
Taslima Nasreen, the controversial Bangladeshi writer, arrived in the national capital on Thursday for her visa extension, which is ending ...