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Western governments branded "morally bankrupt" for abandoning Afghan staff

While embassy staff from the Netherlands and Sweden fled to their countries, they left their staff in the dark as they turned up for work.

Trial of Iranian involved in 1988 mass executions starts in Sweden

Hamid Noury, 60, is accused of involvement in the execution of thousands of political dissidents in Gohardasht prison near Tehran.

Duplantis, Baker show top form in Stockholm ahead of Olympics

Stockholm hosts a star-studded Wanda Diamond League competition with the cream of the crop of track and field athletes compete for points, records and world ranking.

No-confidence vote topples Swedish PM Lofven’s government

The vote, passed with a majority of 181 MPs in the 349-seat parliament, was initiated by the small Left Party, an ally of the minority government that is not in the two-party centre-left coalition but had provided the votes to pass legislation.

Spain, Sweden draw in Euro 2020 opener as Czech’s Schick stuns Scots

Meanwhile, UK announces Euro 2020 semi-finals and final will be played in front of 40,000 fans at Wembley.

Lithuania, UK, Ukraine restrict flights from crossing Belarus airspace

The restrictions come a day after Belarus forced a Vilnius-bound plane to land in Minsk and arrested a journalist on board, drawing strong international criticism.

ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus calls for restructure of pricing for songwriters

People are relying on streaming, which accounts for 83 percent of US music industry revenue, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. But many artists say they aren't reaping the benefits, and the pandemic is worsening the issue.

What is behind Russia's military build-up in the Arctic Circle?

Moscow has increased its military activities in their far north region, testing weapons with nuclear capabilities. Meanwhile, climate change continues to melt the walls of ice and the natural defences of the Russian north.

Ibrahimovic set to represent Sweden again in World Cup qualifiers

"It is certain that the Milan star is making a comeback in Janne Andersson's squad for the World Cup qualifiers," says the site Footbolldirekt.

World's oldest DNA discovered in million-year-old Mammoths' teeth

"The samples are a thousand times older than Viking remains, and even predate the existence of humans and Neanderthals," said a senior author of the study published after the discovery.

EU trio expels Russian diplomats in tit-for-tat action

Germany, Poland, and Sweden throw out three Russian diplomats in a coordinated retaliation for expulsion of three EU diplomats by Moscow, drawing angry response from Russia, which called the decision "unjustified and unfriendly."

Russia expels EU diplomats over Navalny protests, ties at 'low point'

Moscow announced the expulsions just hours after EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss ties.