Viktor Gyoekeres of Sweden celebrates scoring his team`s third goal against Poland Getty Images Viktor Gyokeres scored an 88th-minute winner to send Sweden to the World Cup, as they beat Poland 3-2 in a back-and-forth qualification play-off in Stockholm...

Sweden`s migration minister on Thursday called on the European Union to establish a common procedure for issuing identification and travel documents to Afghan nationals whose asylum applications have been rejected or who have committed crimes in their host countries...

An F-16 fighter jet. (File photo) The sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey has been approved by Washington after Ankara this week ratified Sweden’s NATO membership...

A view of lawmakers during a session at Turkey’s parliament as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech at the opening of the third legislative session of the Turkish parliament’s 27th term on October 1, 2019 at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in Ankara...

This file photo shows demonstrators protesting against Islamophobia in France...

An F-16 combat jet of the US Air force is prepared for practice flights ahead of the Air Defender Exercise 2023 at the military airport of Jagel, northern Germany, on June 9, 2023...

This screen grab taken from Twitter shows Eskilstuna Great Mosque, in southeastern Sweden, which was destroyed by a fire on September 25, 2023...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks onstage during the 2023 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York on September 18, 2023, in New York City...

Magdalena Andersson (seated at right) is shown being cheered by colleagues in parliament after winning election as Sweden’s first female prime minister on Wednesday in Stockholm...

Iran’s Ambassador to Sweden Ahmad Masoumifar Iran’s ambassador to Stockholm says the embassy will follow up the case of beating up an Iranian national in Swedish custody until its perpetrators are punished...

Ukraine’s Artem Dovbyk scores his team’s winning goal during the Euro 2020 round of 16 match between Sweden and Ukraine at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Tuesday, June 29, 2021...

Britain’s interior minister Sajid Javid has signed an order enabling the country’s legal system to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States where he could face decades in prison for exposing confidential documents...

Swedish prosecutors have filed a request for the detention of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a week after reopening a case on a rape allegation against him...

Swedish prosecutors have decided to reopen an investigation into a 2010 rape allegation against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, who is serving a prison term in Britain for skipping bail, as the US seeks his extradition...

The oldest asylum seeker from Afghanistan, a 106-year-old woman, faces deportation from Sweden after her application for asylum was rejected by the authorities, it has been reported...

Applications of over half of the Afghan refugees seeking asylum in Sweden have had their application denied and are likely to be forced to leave the Nordic country...