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Swedish Foreign Minister has insisted that Turkiye has the right to defend itself against terrorism. Tobias Billstrom made his comment to Sweden's Expressen newspaper on the sidelines of the...

The Turkish foreign ministry yesterday summoned Swedish Ambassador Staffan Herrström for discussions after images insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan were projected onto Turkiye's embassy building in Stockholm. Diplomatic sources...

Amina Kakapavi, a Swedish lawmaker of Iranian Kurdish origin, has slammed the new Swedish government's announcement that it is distancing itself from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), Anadolu...

Turkish President, Tayyip Erdogan, said on Tuesday that Ankara conveyed its expectation to see concrete steps from Sweden to fulfil anti-terrorism obligations under a deal, clearing bids by the...

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Christerson visited the mausoleum of the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in the capital Ankara today. After laying a wreath at the...

Sweden has reaffirmed its decision to distance itself from Kurdish militant groups in its bid to join NATO, as it attempts to secure Turkiye's approval to join the military...

NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, on Thursday increased pressure on Turkiye on the acceptance of Sweden and Finland to the alliance, Reuters report. According to the report, officials from Turkiye,...

The European Union's Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell is not particularly perceived by the EU's political elite or mainstream media as a right-wing ideologue or warmonger. But seen through a different,...

Finland and Sweden promise  to join NATO together in united front to Turkiye

Sweden's centre-right government will fulfil all requirements under a deal with Turkiye to join NATO and will concentrate external relations to its immediate neighbourhood, while dropping the previous administration's...

A delegation from Finland will visit Turkiye next Tuesday to hold technical talks on the extradition of accused terrorists sought by Ankara, as stipulated in a recent treaty, reports...

Sweden and Finland must fulfil the terms of the NATO-accession agreement concluded with Turkiye, the Swedish ministers of foreign affairs and defence said yesterday. In May, Sweden and Finland...

Turkiye yesterday summoned Sweden's ambassador to Ankara after a public broadcaster aired content insulting Turkiye and its president, diplomatic sources said. According to the sources, Staffan Herrstrom was summoned...

Iran's young women are now leading the protests

Sweden's Inspectorate of Strategic Products (ISP) said on Friday that it had reversed a ban against exporting military equipment to Turkiye, following the Nordic country's decision to join the NATO military alliance...

A coalition of Muslim NGOs will be highlighting state sponsored Islamophobia across Europe during a conference organised by what is billed as the world's largest regional security intergovernmental organisation,...

Israelis are watching political developments in Europe with interest, particularly in Sweden and Italy, amid fears that the Jewish communities there may soon face problems. Italy, for example, is...

Saudi Arabia has won a diplomatic victory by securing freedom for foreign fighters captured in Ukraine, signalling the value of the Crown Prince's alliance with Russia to Western partners...

Islamophobia remains a growing threat across Europe, with several countries enacting policies that have contributed to the institutionalisation of an issue that should, instead, be stamped out with urgency,...

The new Swedish government should now address security concerns that Turkiye has raised in return for lifting its veto on Sweden and Finland's membership of NATO, Turkey's Foreign Minister...

Nine Western countries yesterday urged the Sudanese political parties to begin a political process with the goal of "restoring a civilian-led democratic transition, with the participation of everyone, including...

A mosque in Sweden affiliated with Turkiye's Presidency of Religious Affairs was pelted with stones in an attack on the place of worship, an official said on Friday, Anadolu...

Officials from Turkiye, Finland and Sweden agreed on Friday to continue talks in the coming months to discuss security concerns raised by Turkiye as a pre-condition of allowing the...

The ambassadors of 11 Western countries and the European Union delegation in Khartoum yesterday accused the military rulers in Sudan of retreating from cooperating with the International Criminal Court...

Officials from Turkiye, Finland and Sweden are expected to meet at an undisclosed location in Finland today to discuss security concerns which Ankara raised as a precondition for allowing...

Nine European countries on Friday expressed their "deep concern" after the Israeli army closed the offices of Palestinian NGOs in the occupied West Bank, accusing them of being "terrorist"...

Sweden will follow the conditions of a Memorandum of Understanding agreed with Ankara to overcome Turkiye's objections to Swedish membership in NATO, Reuters reports. According to the report, Prime...

Swedish authorities yesterday decided to extradite a Turkish citizen who was convicted of fraud to Turkiye. Ankara had asked Interpol to issue a Red Notice for the man. The...

Iran has confirmed its arrest of a Swedish citizen on charges of espionage, two months after it was first reported by foreign media. According to the state-run Islamic Republic...

Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said that Sweden has not yet handed over the suspects who are wanted by Ankara over terror-related charges, despite the signing of a deal...

Human rights group Adalah yesterday called on the European Commission to take an official and unanimous position against Israel's designation of six Palestinian NGOs as "terrorist" organisations. Adalah's demand...

Officials from Turkiye, Finland and Sweden will meet in August to evaluate the progress made in fulfilling Ankara's counter-terrorism demands from the Nordic countries to lift its veto on...