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          Protesters climb a fence as they gather near the Swedish embassy in Baghdad hours after it was stormed and set on fire ahead of an expected Quran burning in Stockholm. Reuters

          Swedish embassy in Baghdad stormed and set alight

          IraqJuly 20, 2023
          Ministers say the rate of fatal shootings in Sweden is higher than in other Nordic countries. Alamy

          Sweden banks on prisons to tackle gang crime

          EuropeJuly 19, 2023
          A protest called outside Israel's embassy in Stockholm ended without holy books being burned. AFP

          Call for calm by Sweden's Muslims may have stopped Torah-burning

          EuropeJuly 17, 2023
          The man identified as Ahmad A, who was granted a permit to protest outside Israel's embassy, chose not to set fire to a Torah or Bible. EPA

          Protester stops short of burning Torah in Sweden

          EuropeJuly 15, 2023
          A Seawing kite during sea trials. Photo: Seawing

          Wind power offers a new golden age for cargo shipping

          WeekendJuly 14, 2023
          Police have given a man, who plans to burn a Torah in front of the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, permission to hold ‘a meeting' at the site. EPA

          Jewish holy book to be burned in Sweden

          EuropeJuly 14, 2023
          Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a meeting in Ankara in 2021. AP

          Hungary indicates it may ratify Sweden’s Nato bid in autumn

          EuropeJuly 13, 2023
          Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the high-level session of the Nato summit on July 11, in Vilnius, Lithuania. Getty

          Erdogan to refer Sweden's Nato bid to Turkish parliament in autumn

          EuropeJuly 12, 2023
          A protester in Karachi on Sunday during a demonstration to denounce the burning of a Quran in Sweden. AP

          UN approves religious hatred motion after Quran burning

          USJuly 12, 2023
          A Turkish military pilot flying an F-16 C Block-40 during an air show in Istanbul. EPA

          US to move ahead with transfer of F-16 jets to Turkey

          MENAJuly 12, 2023
          Kuwaiti members of parliament attend a session at the National Assembly in Kuwait City on July 11, 2023. AFP

          Kuwaiti parliament calls for ban on goods from countries where Quran is burned

          WorldJuly 11, 2023
          Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson shake hands next to Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Vilnius. AFP

          How Turkey's Erdogan sealed a historic day for Nato

          UKJuly 11, 2023
          Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson as Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg looks on in Vilnius, Lithuania. AP

          Turkey agrees to back Sweden's bid to join Nato

          EuropeJuly 10, 2023
          All eyes are on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over whether he will approve Sweden's bid for Nato membership. AFP

          Nato pins hopes on Erdogan over Sweden's accession

          WorldJuly 09, 2023
          A girl holds the Quran at a July 2 rally in Basra, Iraq, protesting against the burning of the holy book in Sweden. AP

          Sweden considers making it illegal to burn the Quran

          EuropeJuly 06, 2023
          Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at Nato headquarters in Brussels yesterday. AP Photo

          Sweden's membership within reach, Nato chief says

          WorldJuly 06, 2023
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