Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said yesterday that her country is ready to host the UN sponsored talks between the internationally recognised Yemeni government and the Houthis. Wallstrom told...

The flotilla led by Swedish Christian-Zionist Stefan Abrahamsson arrived in Israel last night, 48 days after it set sail to protest this summer’s pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla and show “solidarity”...

Sweden headed for a hung parliament after an election on Sunday that saw support for the nationalist Sweden Democrats surge, as one of Europe’s most liberal nations turned right...

Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned the US over its decision to end funding for the UN Palestine refugee agency. “The decision of the United States will affect the...

The Israeli navy illegally boarded the 2018 Freedom Flotilla sailing to Gaza to break the blockade imposed on the territory since 2007

Canada has asked its allies to help de-escalate tensions with Saudi Arabia, news agencies reported an informed government source saying. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said...

Swedish companies have been “gradually” trimming their business operations in Iran following the re-imposition of the US sanctions against the Islamic Republic, the Swedish Minister for European Union (EU) Affairs...

Swedish activists Charlie Andreasson and Divina Levrini, who were detained by the Israeli authorities on Monday while trying to break the blockade on Gaza, returned to their country on...

Israeli authorities began deporting several of the international solidarity activists who were aboard the Al-Awda ship of the Freedom Flotilla, Gaza’s International Committee for Breaking the Siege announced yesterday. Gaza’s...

Iraqi football officials are confident that former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson will sign up to lead the country at next year’s Asian Cup finals, sources have told Reuters. Eriksson...

Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallström called on Friday for the Israeli government to lift its 12-year-old siege of the Gaza Strip and to allow medical aid into the coastal...

Swedish activist Benjamin Ladraa has been barred from entering Israel after 11 months of his #WalkToPalestine campaign

The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded an urgent halt to a Saudi- and United Arab Emirates-led offensive in the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah, calling for the port to...

Palestinian cultural groups and journalists are urging a boycott of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest to be hosted by Israel, in a new statement published Tuesday. The statement, signed...

Swedish activist Benjamin Ladraa has arrived in Lebanon as he edges closer to completing his #WalkToPalestine campaign. The 24 year-old, who has walked more than 4,000 kilometres since the...

On Tuesday 15 May, three Swedish boats met in the Danish Straits near Copenhagen to start a voyage that would take them across channels and seas all the way...

A new Freedom Flotilla has set sail from Europe to break the siege on the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported today. The Hebrew Maariv newspaper stated that four large...

Swedish #WalkToPalestine activist Benjamin Ladraa was presented with a prize at the International Mount of Olives Peace Awards earlier this week in recognition of his activism for the Palestinian...

Emergency food aid for around a million Palestinians in Gaza may run out from June if the UN agency for Palestinian refugees cannot raise another $200 million following a...

The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said Monday that the UN does not have a magic solution for the Syrian crisis. Speaking at a press conference with Swedish Prime...

Swedish activist Benjamin Ladraa will be arriving in Ankara this week after having spent time in Istanbul with supporters of his #WalkToPalestine campaign. Ladraa, who has travelled over 3,000...

The United Nations Security Council will meet twice on Monday following rival requests by Russia and the United States after a deadly chemical attack in Syria and a warning...

Sweden’s ambassador to Israel has rejected claims that the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign is ‘antisemitic’, and said that there is a tendency in Israel to “demonise” his country...

Swedish activist Benjamin Ladraa has completed two thirds of his trip to Palestine as he leaves Bulgaria and enters Turkey

The Swedish Saab aerospace and defence company plans to open a radar production plant in the UAE, sparking controversy in the Scandinavian country over fears that Abu Dhabi might...

Residents of Syria’s eastern Ghouta district said they were waiting their “turn to die” on Wednesday, amid one of the most intense bombardments of the war by pro-government forces...

Swedish activist Benjamin Ladraa is continuing his journey to Palestine, 200 days after he started walking from his home city of Gothenburg. Ladraa has travelled through Slovakia, Austria, Slovenia...

Sweden has granted citizenship to a Stockholm-based scientist being held in Iran under sentence of death, the country’s foreign ministry confirmed on Saturday. Ahmadreza Djalali, a medical doctor and...

Almost a dozen countries have agreed to advance their annual contributions to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees to help it plug a major shortfall after a partial cut-off...

Swedish activist Benjamin Ladraa is making his way toward the Serbian capital of Belgrade, six months after he started his walk to Palestine to raise awareness of the on-going...

Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against a Sweden-based Iranian academic convicted of spying for Israel, reports Reuters. Ahmadreza Djalali, a medical doctor and lecturer at the Karolinska...

European Union leaders appealed for unity in a last-ditch effort to break their deadlock on sharing out refugees by June, telling reluctant eastern states they could otherwise be outvoted...