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A teenager who is accused of attempting to attack Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson with a large firecracker will face charges in court.

A Swedish police warehouse building in Linköping was destroyed after the bomb squad detonated a motorbike filled with explosives. The moped containing what has been described as some form of plastic explosive covered with nails was discovered on Monday afternoon by

Two girls, believed to be around 15-years-old, were reportedly raped at a Swedish festival over the weekend and another dozen have reported being victims of sexual assaults. The two rape incidents are said to have taken place at around 8

Swedish retail chain Kjell & Company have claimed that they are selling pepper spray at a record pace after a wave of rape attacks hit the national headlines over the summer.

Swedish police have arrested a 22-year-old man in the multicultural Swedish city of Malmö in connection to the recent bombing of a Tax Board office in Denmark.

Hip-hop star A$AP Rocky was found guilty of assault by a Swedish court on Wednesday, but was spared further jail time. 

Three men, two Lithuanian nationals and a Somali-Swedish dual national, were convicted of rape after luring a 14-year-old girl using the social media app Snapchat.

According to the head of a Swedish animal protection group, behaviour in “immigrant-dense areas” is responsible for an increase in cruelty cases toward hedgehogs and other animals.

Swedish Justice Minister Morgan Johansson criticised a Polish Member of the European Parliament who suggested Swedes were fleeing to Poland due to mass migration.

Swedish police in the city of Uppsala have warned women walking alone at night to avoid certain areas entirely after the city saw four sex attacks in as many days.

Young members of the Jewish community in the Swedish city of Malmö say the local government does not do enough to combat growing antisemitism.

A Muslim bus driver in Stockholm refused to let a woman board his bus as he and another two others began praying in the vehicle.

Swedish national Osama Krayem is set to be put on trial for his role in the 2016 Brussels terror attacks where he was captured when his suicide vest failed to detonate.

The Swedish National Defence College has announced a new study that will examine the effects of the radical Islamic ideology Salafism in various cities across the country.

Residents of the Swedish city of Karlstad have expressed concerns after the city saw two shootings in a two-night period, sending victims to the hospital with gunshot wounds.

The Swedish municipality of Bengtsfors has petitioned the national government for aid due to massive costs incurred by taking in more migrants than the municipality could afford.

President Donald Trump celebrated the news Friday that rapper A$AP Rocky was released from prison in Sweden.

A Swedish court has ruled that American rapper A$AP Rocky and two other U.S. suspects can be freed from detention until Aug. 14, when the verdict on their alleged June 30 assault case will be announced.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A witness in the A$AP Rocky assault case revised her story from initial police reports, testifying in a Swedish court Friday that she didn’t actually see the American rapper hitting a man with a bottle.

American rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty to assault as his trial in Sweden opened Tuesday, a month after a street fight that landed him in jail and became a topic of U.S.-Swedish diplomacy.

A court case intended to disrupt the British government’s policy of deporting illegals to their home countries saw chartered flights suspended for three months, at a cost to the taxpayer of £268,463.

HELSINKI (AP) — American rapper A$AP Rocky and two other men believed to be members of his entourage went on trial Tuesday in Sweden in a high-profile legal case that has caught the attention of U.S. President Donald Trump and celebrities.

A Swedish court has reduced the sentence for far-left extremist Jonas Linde who was convicted earlier this year for hoarding and assembling illegal firearms.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — RZA (RIHZ’-uh) of the Wu-Tang Clan says he’s concerned over what he calls a hostage situation for fellow rapper A$AP Rocky, who’s charged with assault in Sweden.

Following a wave of serious knife crime, healthcare centres in the Swedish city of Gothenberg say they are running low on blood reserves.

Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders said his ideas are not radical and are practiced all over the world, citing extended maternity leave in Norway, free college in Germany, and free health care in Canada.

President Donald Trump on Thursday called on Sweden to released hip-hop star A$AP Rocky after the Scandavanian country charged the rapper with assault in connection to an alleged scuffle earlier last month.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish prosecutor on Thursday charged rapper A$AP Rocky with assault over a fight in Stockholm last month, in a case that has drawn the attention of fellow recording artists as well as U.S. President Donald Trump.

The United Nations has criticised Sweden for an increase in children being detained, as statistics from the Swedish prosecutor’s office have revealed.

California Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) spoke at the NAACP Convention’s presidential candidate forum Wednesday and accused President Donald Trump of “playing politics” by intervening for A$AP Rocky, the American rapper who was detained in Sweden earlier this month after his alleged involvement in a street fight.

Locals in the Swedish city of Gothenburg claim the centre of the city had greatly deteriorated as violence, robberies, and drugs have become more common.

Renee Black, the mother of hip-hop star A$AP Rocky, says she is “very grateful” for President Donald Trump’s help in trying to get her son released from a Swedish jail.

BERLIN (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said he spoke with Sweden’s prime minister Saturday about jailed rapper A$AP Rocky and “offered to personally vouch for his bail,” a hollow offer in a criminal justice system that doesn’t include bail.

BERLIN (AP) – Sweden’s prime minister says he would be glad to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump about rapper A$AP Rocky’s detention but he “cannot and will not attempt to influence prosecutors or courts.”

An Eritrean migrant claiming to be 16 has been sentenced to seven years in prison followed by deportation for the murder of a 15-year-old Swedish schoolmate.

“So many people would like to see this quickly resolved!” Trump wrote on Twitter.