Paes-Nestor crash out of Shanghai Masters

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 14:39

India`s Leander Paes and Canada`s Daniel Nestor have lost to Sweden `s Robert Lindstedt and Canada`s Vasek Pospisil 7-5, 3-6, 13-11 in the Shanghai Rolex Masters tournament, and failed to reach the quarterfinals.

Gang-rape acquittal verdict rocks Sweden: activists cry foul

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 16:54

Sweden is presently in deep moral throes after the Svea Hovsrätt, the Swedish Court of Appeal, acquitted six teenagers who had been earlier convicted in a lower court for abducting and gang-raping a 15-year old Swedish girl.

Swedish court reduces sentence for Pirate Bay founder

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 20:26

A Swedish appeals court halved a jail sentence on hacking charges handed down to a co-founder of the popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay.

Trapattoni parts company with Ireland

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 19:25

Giovanni Trapattoni left his post as Ireland soccer manager on Wednesday following his side`s World Cup qualifying defeats against Sweden and Austria in the past week.

Sweden investigates lost luggage of Julian Assange

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 10:54

The suitcase contained three laptops that had WikiLeaks materials, including evidence of a "war crime" allegedly committed by US troops in Afghanistan.

Julian Assange asks Sweden to investigate lost luggage

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 18:55

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has asked Swedish police to investigate what happened to a suitcase he suspects was stolen from him when he travelled from Sweden to Germany in 2010.

Sweden offers home to Syrian refugees

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 18:13

The Swedish migration board decided on Tuesday that all Syrian refugees coming to Sweden could become permanent residents due to the deteriorating conditions in Syria, reports Xinhua.

Swedes don headscarves to support Muslim victim

Last Updated: Monday, August 19, 2013, 22:19

Swedish women posted pictures of themselves online wearing hijabs, or traditional Muslim headscarves, to show solidarity with a Muslim woman who was attacked in a Stockholm suburb for wearing one.

30 evacuated during fire at Sweden`s oldest mine

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 09:01

An official says a fire in Sweden`s oldest mine has forced the evacuation of 30 workers.

Australian men don`t tell: Assange on Sweden sex case

Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 14:41

Julian Assange says he will not publicly address Swedish sex allegations before his bid for office in Australia because "Australian men don`t like to talk about their private lives".

Topless activists enter Russian embassy in Sweden

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 17:10

Two topless activists climbed over a fence into the Russian embassy in Stockholm to protest against the country`s anti-gay bill and stigmatisation of homosexuals.