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Sweden is one of the largest countries in Europe in terms of land mass, but it has a relatively small population of around ten million. It is generally regarded...

Far-right Danish politician, Rasmus Paludan, committed another provocative act on Friday, burning a second copy of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, this time in front of the Turkish...

The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) arrived unannounced in Tripoli on 12 January for a brief visit that lasted just a few hours. In the first...

Swedish and Finnish hopes of quickly joining NATO have run into an obstacle in the form of objections by Turkiye, which holds veto powers over accession to the military...

Erdogan’s statement come after rightwing protesters burned the Quran during a rally in Stockholm

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, criticised, on Tuesday, the NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg's comments on burning a copy of the Holy Quran by Swedish-Danish right-wing extremist, Stram Kurs...

Two days after protesters in Sweden burnt a copy of the Qur'an outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm, Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told the Swedes that they...

Sweden should not expect Turkiye's support for its NATO membership after a protest near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm at the weekend including the burning of a copy of...

Under police protection, Rasmus Paludan burnt a copy of the Muslim holy book near the Turkish Embassy’s building.

The response comes after Rasmus Paludan a leader of the Danish far-right party Stram Kurs (Hard Line) was given permission to burn the Quran near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm

A former United States' National Security Advisor has called on the NATO military alliance to expel Turkiye and give support to its opposition parties, accusing it of not acting...

Turkiye has surprised many policymakers and analysts over the past decade with its diplomatic prominence, soft power projection and hard power in the form of drones and other advances...

Sweden and Finland must deport or extradite up to 130 "terrorists" to Turkiye before the Turkish Parliament will approve their bids to join NATO, President Tayyip Erdogan said, Reuters reports. The two Nordic...

Officials in Sweden have requested more time to process and codify laws that would gain Turkiye's approval for its NATO membership bid, as the time grows shorter leading up...

Sweden is confident that Turkey will approve its application to join the NATO military alliance, but cannot fulfil all the conditions Ankara has set for its support, Sweden's prime...

Every year hands over major issues and events to its successor. As we enter 2023, arguably the most important outstanding issue facing the world is Russia's war in Ukraine,...

"This century will be, to a large extent, about energy. Energy security is a theme where NATO is in the process of defining its added value. Protection of critical...

Turkiye is in talks with Russia to use the airspace above northern Syria for a potential cross-border operation against the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar...

Turkiye will continue to fight terrorists in Syria, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday in a phone call with his US counterpart. Discussing the latest developments in Syria with...

Talks between Sweden and Turkiye are progressing well and Stockholm hopes Ankara will ratify the Nordic country's NATO application well before an alliance summit in July, Sweden's foreign minister...

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has described Greece's attempt to obstruct NATO flights as "hostile", adding that it shows that "Athens has become so arrogant that it ignores the...

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said his country does not need permission to carry out military operations against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the People's Defence Units (YPG) in northern...

NATO on Tuesday called for resolving differences between Turkiye and Greece through diplomatic means, reports Anadolu Agency. Speaking to Anadolu Agency after Greek aircraft tried to interfere in a...

Israel's relations with Russia are creating "limits that cannot be overcome," the Israeli ambassador to Kyiv said yesterday, referring to recent criticism by Ukrainian Jews on Israel's stance on...

Sweden's Supreme Court today blocked Turkiye's request to have an exiled Turkish journalist extradited. Judge Petter Asp ruled that there was no crime committed sufficient for an extradition and...

On 12 December, Libyan citizen Abu Agila Muhammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, 74, appeared in a federal court in Washington D.C., accused of helping blow up Pan Am Flight 103...

Sweden takes the three-way memorandum signed with Turkiye and Finland on the Nordic countries' NATO membership bids very seriously, the country's prime minister said Tuesday, reports Anadolu Agency. Ulf...

CIA is warning NATO member, Turkiye, against a new military operation in Syria, after strikes in the country late last month endangered US troops, Reuters reports. According to the...

A Spokesman for the Turkish Presidency has said that the government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan decided to make 2022 a year for normalising relations with regional countries...

Sweden now understands that addressing Turkiye's security concerns will improve its own security, Anadolu reported Stockholm's chief negotiator for NATO accession, Oscar Stenstrom, saying. Speaking to the Turkish agency,...

Turkiye's Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdag said on Monday that Sweden's extradition of a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) at the end of last week is...

Sweden has extradited a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to Turkiye, as part of Stockholm's efforts to gain Ankara's approval for accession into the NATO alliance....