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Suspect in Stockholm attack confesses to terrorist crime: Lawyer
Apr 11, 2017 09:42A 39-year-old Uzbek national suspected of mowing down a crowd of people on a busy Stockholm street in a stolen truck on Tuesday has admitted to committing “a terrorist crime,” his lawyer says.
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Police arrest man suspected of carrying out Stockholm truck attack
Apr 08, 2017 03:35Police in Sweden have arrested a man in connection with a recent deadly attack in the country’s capital, where a truck rammed into a department store, leaving four people dead and 15 others injured.
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Truck drives into Stockholm department store, kills 2: Police
Apr 07, 2017 09:35At least two people have lost their lives after a truck drives into a department store in the central part of the Swedish capital of Stockholm, police say.
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Sweden reintroduces military conscription, citing alleged Russian threat
Mar 03, 2017 06:48Sweden has decided to reintroduce mandatory military service for both men and women next year, citing what it says is a military threat from Russia.
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Swedish premier ‘surprised’ by Trump’s remarks on ‘immigration problems’
Feb 21, 2017 10:20Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has expressed “surprise” at recent remarks by US President Donald Trump, who linked an imaginary rise in violence and a nonexistent terror attack in Sweden to intake of refugees.
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US, Europe instrumental in Mideast bitter events: Leader
Feb 11, 2017 12:51Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has blamed the United States and many European countries for the bitter events in the Middle East.
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PM: Sweden admires Iran-Russia-Turkey initiative to settle crisis in Syria
Feb 11, 2017 11:38Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven underlined that his country welcomes and supports the initiative and joint efforts made by Iran, Russia and Turkey to arrange talks between the Syrian government and the opposition in Astana in a bid to restore peace in Syria.
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Iran, Sweden sign five documents of cooperation
Feb 11, 2017 08:06Iran and Sweden have signed five documents of cooperation in various areas during a visit by the Swedish prime minister to Iran.
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Dialog only means to restore regional, global peace: Larijani
Dec 05, 2016 17:02Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says peace and stability can be restored to the region and the entire world only through dialog and negotiations.
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Police arrest two Swedish journalists in southeastern Turkey
Nov 19, 2016 11:31Turkish police have arrested two Swedish journalists in the country’s southeastern province of Diyarbakir as the Ankara government presses ahead with a large-scale crackdown following the abortive mid-July coup.