Sweden marks 30 years since PM's still-unsolved murder

The killing of Prime Minister Olof Palme outside a cinema in 1986 shocked the nation out of its innocence and is still baffling investigators

• Feb 28, 2016

Assange calls U.N. panel ruling a "victory that cannot be denied"

United Nations human rights panel says WikiLeaks should walk free but U.K. government calls opinion "ridiculous"

• Feb 5, 2016

Julian Assange to claim a moral victory

U.N. panel to say WikiLeaks founder holed-up in London has been under "arbitrary" detention, but that may not prevent his arrest

• Feb 4, 2016

Sweden to deport up to 80,000 asylum-seekers

Meanwhile, Greece's coast guard says 10 children among 25 people dead in latest migrant boat sinking

• Jan 28, 2016

Swedish doc accused of drugged fruit and an evil plan

Woman abducted with laced strawberries and locked in a soundproof bunker would've been there for years without intervention, officials say

• Jan 18, 2016

Ghosts prompt asylum seekers in Sweden to request new housing

Flickering lights and noise in the plumbing system along with doors that open by themselves are causing terror among the building's new residents

• Dec 30, 2015

Man accused of planning terror attack arrested in Sweden

Interior minister says "we still have a serious situation," more arrests possible after man taken into custody in snowy forest

• Nov 20, 2015

Sweden raises terror alert amid hunt for suspect

Country's intelligence chief says police have launched investigation regarding "preparation for a terrorist offense"

• Nov 18, 2015

Sweden might lose 40-80 days of snow as climate warms

New analysis projects the Nordic country's snowy season could become a thing of the past

• Nov 2, 2015

Obama faces questions on Syria while in Sweden

President Barack Obama was asked if he needed to strike Syria to preserve his credibility because he set a red line against the use of chemical weapons

• Sep 4, 2013

Police say "racist motive" behind Sweden sword attack

Search of 21-year-old masked perpetrator's home, his clothes and behaviour lead to conclusion he planned to kill minorities

• Oct 23, 2015

U.S. women’s hockey team reaches Olympic gold medal game

The U.S. women’s hockey team beat Sweden 6-1

• Feb 17, 2014

Knife-wielding man attacks Swedish school

Teacher and student killed by masked man who was later shot dead by police; student said he thought attacker was in Halloween costume

• Oct 22, 2015

Beard enthusiasts say they were mistaken for ISIS members

A gathering of bearded men in Sweden got an unexpected visit from the police while congregating at a castle

• Oct 12, 2015

Your height may be a clue to cancer risk

A Swedish study adds to the evidence that taller people face greater cancer risk - but why?

• Oct 2, 2015

Obama challenges international community on Syria

Where the use of chemical weapons is concerned, President Obama said, "I didn't set a red line, the world set a red line"

• Sep 4, 2013

Obama "not interested" in repeating Iraq in Syria

President Obama distinguishes the debate over a Syrian chemical attack from the faulty claims about weapons of mass destruction prior to the Iraq war

• Sep 4, 2013

Double whammy: 2 meteors hit ancient Earth at the same time

Researchers in Sweden found craters 10 miles apart where a pair of meteors landed simultaneously, 460 million years ago

• Sep 15, 2015

Hungary locks down border as migrant crisis deepens

Serbia outraged that migrants are being sent back from Hungary as hundreds are piled up in a no man's land

• Sep 15, 2015

3 generations of Swedish family linked by single womb

A groundbreaking procedure has led to a healthy baby being born

• Aug 25, 2015

2 people stabbed to death at Ikea store in Sweden

Police say attacker stabbed man and woman to death and wounded another person at store in central Sweden

• Aug 10, 2015

Lenny Kravitz responds to #penisgate

A wardrobe malfunction during a concert left Kravitz flapping in the wind

• Aug 5, 2015

Swedish police detain Snoop Dogg over suspected drug use

Famed California rapper with a well-chronicled history with marijuana was questioned by local police after a concert and drug tested

• Jul 26, 2015

U.S. women's soccer team celebrates win against Australia

The American women have never lost an opening World Cup match, but the win didn't come easy

• Jun 9, 2015

Sweden wins Eurovision Song Contest while Russia is booed

The 60th continent-wide contest finale between Russian star and Swedish crooner was close, but world politics may have influenced outcome

• May 24, 2015

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