Sweden will fast-track new legislation to allow police to use electronic surveillance tools against minors after dozens of gang-related bombings in the capital Stockholm in January, the prime minister said on Thursday.

An Iraqi man who staged Quran burnings in Sweden was shot dead hours before he was set to receive a verdict on Thursday in a trial tied to the desecrations of Islam’s holy book that drew worldwide uproar, authorities said.

Salwan Momika, an Iraqi man who sparked outrage by staging Quran-burning protests in Sweden in 2023, has been shot dead, according to Swedish authorities.

Sweden's LKAB could supply around 18% of Europe's rare earth metal demand in the long term if its north Arctic Per Geijer mine enters production, the company said on Tuesday as it began construction of a related processing facility.

Iraqi atheist Salwan Momika’s provocations had sparked violent protests and prompted Turkey to suspend NATO negotiations with Sweden.

The victim had burned copies of the Muslim holy book in public demonstrations in 2023. Read more at straitstimes.com.

An Iraqi refugee in Sweden who repeatedly burned the Quran in 2023, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead south of Stockholm, investigators said Thursday, with Sweden's prime minister suggesting "a foreign power" might have been involved.

Momika, who arrived in Sweden from Iraq in 2018, had earlier called his "Quran-burning protests" as his opposition against the holy book, because he believed the Quran "should be banned in the world because of the danger it causes to democracy,

Sweden’s defence minister said on Thursday the Nordic country had agreed to donate its biggest aid package to Ukraine so far, worth 13.5bn Swedish crowns ($1.23bn).

Swedish state-owned mining company LKAB announced that it can meet around 18% of Europe's rare earth metal demand in the long term if its Per Geijer mine in the Arctic begins production. The company made the announcement during the start of construction on a new processing facility in Lulea,

Salwan Momika, known for publicly burning copies of the Holy Quran, was allegedly shot dead in his apartment last night, according to local media reports. Momika, 38, found dead at his address in Sodertalje after he was shot while police have arrested five suspects so far, public broadcaster SVT reported.