Sweden's prime minister has called his Turkish counterpart to distance himself from a parliament move branding the massacres of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide.

Malaysia urges Sweden to act against newspapers that reprinted a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog.

A fourth Muslim has been released without charge, Irish police said.

Developing countries have entered a dangerous "arms race" with huge sums ploughed into combat aircraft, a Swedish think-tank said.

Turkey's foreign ministry summoned the Swedish ambassador.

• Sweden calls mass killing of Armenians genocide

Bank deal failure could block IMF aid to the crisis-hit island.

The Swedish parliament labeled the massacres of Armenians during World War I as genocide – immediately sparking a diplomatic row.

Former Swedish neo-Nazi leader to face trial in Poland for the theft of a sign from the one-time Auschwitz death camp.

Irish police have been granted more time to quiz suspects.

Increasing numbers of Serbian citizens have sought asylum in Sweden following the introduction of a visa-free system.

Cartoon of Mohammed with the body of a dog republished.

A US woman operating online under the name "JihadJane" recruited jihadist fighters to carry out the murder of a Swedish resident.

"I have an axe here", Lars Vilks said after Irish police arrested seven people for plotting to kill him.

100,000-dollar bounty on cartoonist's head from Al-Qaeda-group.

• 'JihadJane' behind terror plot to kill cartoonist
• Swedish cartoonist: I'm not shaking with fear

Iranian asylum seeker's claims of torture appeared to be true.

"The [Chechen] bandits have unfortunately found refuge in Sweden", Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said.

"This kind of accusation is totally groundless and has ulterior motives," China's foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon marked International Women's Day by appointing a seasoned Swedish policewoman as UN's top cop.

Iceland must "honour its international commitments," Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said.

A 62-year-old Uighur guilty of "aggravated illegal espionage activity".