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Bukele Rejects Return of Wrongfully Deported El Salvadoran Man

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele will not reinstate the man who was wrongly deported by the USA. He says this during a meeting with the USA's President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

Bukele Rejects Return of Wrongfully Deported El Salvadoran Man

Trump to Announce New Tariffs on Semiconductors and Electronics

USA's President Donald Trump says that he will announce new specific tariffs on semiconductors this week. Certain electronics, such as phones, will also get new specific tariffs, according to Trump.

Trump to Announce New Tariffs on Semiconductors and Electronics

Economist Warns US Tariffs Echo 1930s Trade War Risks

The latest days' escalation towards a trade war, following the US's announcement of aggressive trade tariffs, resembles what happened during the Great Depression of the 1930s. It is an exact parallel to the first years of the Great Depression, says Simon Johnson, recipient of the economics prize in memory of Alfred Nobel, in SVT.

Economist Warns US Tariffs Echo 1930s Trade War Risks

Stockholm Stock Exchange Drops as Trump's Tariff Plans Rattle Markets

The Stockholm Stock Exchange ended the first quarter with a sharp decline. The broad OMXS index fell 1.

Stockholm Stock Exchange Drops as Trump's Tariff Plans Rattle Markets

US Coast Guard Joins Arctic Exercise in Northern Norway

The US Coast Guard is participating in a maritime exercise with several NATO countries in northern Norway in April. .

US Coast Guard Joins Arctic Exercise in Northern Norway

Trump Dismisses Military Chat Leak as Minor Blunder

A journalist ended up in a chat group where the US government discussed imminent military attacks. Frustrated tones are heard from the White House, but President Trump downplays the whole thing as a minor blunder.

Trump Dismisses Military Chat Leak as Minor Blunder

Sweden Seeks Clarity from US on $15 Million Aid Funds

Sweden is trying, together with Norway and the Netherlands, to get clarity on what will happen to a total of 15 million dollars, equivalent to 152 million kronor, which has been paid into the American aid agency Usaid. .

Sweden Seeks Clarity from US on $15 Million Aid Funds

Trump's NOAA Budget Cuts Spark Concerns Over Public Safety

The President of the USA, Donald Trump, has cut the budget of the USA's weather agency NOAA. The cutback will affect both international climate research and local forecasts, experts and staff warn.

Trump's NOAA Budget Cuts Spark Concerns Over Public Safety

Columbia University Agrees to US Demands to Restore Funding

Columbia University in New York agrees to a list of demands that the US government has set to resume the state funding of 400 million dollars to the educational institution, reports NBC News. .

Columbia University Agrees to US Demands to Restore Funding

Trump mocks the US weather authority - "will cost lives"

The President of the USA, Donald Trump, has cut the budget of the USA's weather agency NOAA. The cutback will affect both international climate research and local forecasts, experts and staff warn.

Trump mocks the US weather authority - "will cost lives"

Trump Withdraws Billion-Dollar Grants Following Israel Protests

The US government has stopped federal grants and contracts worth equivalent to four billion kronor to Columbia University, reports The Guardian. .

Trump Withdraws Billion-Dollar Grants Following Israel Protests

USA pauses Ukrainian access to satellite images

The USA has "temporarily suspended" Ukraine's access to satellite images that the US government purchases, announces a spokesperson for the American intelligence agency NGA. Maxar, one of the companies that has provided images shared with Ukraine, confirms the suspension.

USA pauses Ukrainian access to satellite images

Netanyahu Warns Hamas: Release Hostages or Face Unimaginable Consequences

Israel plans to gradually increase the pressure to get Hamas in the Gaza Strip to accept an extension of the first phase of the ceasefire. In a speech, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatens with "consequences you can't even imagine" if the hostages are not released.

Netanyahu Warns Hamas: Release Hostages or Face Unimaginable Consequences

Israel stops all emergency aid to Gaza

Israel announces that the country is stopping the introduction of goods and supplies to Gaza. The reason is that Hamas has not accepted the proposal to extend the first phase of the ceasefire.

Israel stops all emergency aid to Gaza

Danish Refugee Aid May Be Forced to Cut Back

The Danish aid organization Danish Refugee Council expects to be forced to lay off around 2,000 employees. .

Danish Refugee Aid May Be Forced to Cut Back

Sweden may change its aid after USA's announcement

The Government may come to reprioritize aid to the surrounding world if it turns out that the USA's planned cuts in its aid hit too hard on areas that are important to Sweden, says Minister for Development Cooperation Benjamin Dousa (The Moderate Party) to Sveriges Radio Ekot. .

Sweden may change its aid after USA's announcement

Rutte met Kellogg – EU leaders to Kyiv

Nato's Secretary General Mark Rutte has met with President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg in Brussels. "We have a lot to do", notes the Nato chief.

Rutte met Kellogg – EU leaders to Kyiv

Trump's message: Ban on transgender people in competitions

USA's president Donald Trump signed the presidential decree in the evening, which stops trans people from competing in women's and girls' sports competitions in the USA. The war against women's sports is over, said Trump.

Trump's message: Ban on transgender people in competitions

Trump Brands as Terrorists to Counter "Invasion"

The USA is to confront an ongoing "invasion" in the same way as they confronted IS. When Donald Trump labels drug cartels as terrorists, it raises questions and concerns about what means he is willing to take in an escalated war on drugs.

Trump Brands as Terrorists to Counter "Invasion"

Russia planned airborne terror worldwide

Russia has had the intention of carrying out sabotage against air traffic worldwide, according to Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk. .

Russia planned airborne terror worldwide

USA stops funding to Wada

The US government is stopping the annual payment of approximately 40 million kronor to the anti-doping organization Wada, which corresponds to around 6 percent of Wada's budget. The reason is that the US is dissatisfied with how Wada has handled suspected doping cases, for example with the 23 Chinese swimmers who were not banned during the investigation.

USA stops funding to Wada

USA accuses warring parties of genocide in Sudan

The US government accuses individuals within Sudan's paramilitary force Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of genocide. .

USA accuses warring parties of genocide in Sudan

New American weapons package to Israel

The US government has approved an arms deal with Israel worth 8 billion dollars, equivalent to over 88 billion Swedish kronor, the Foreign Ministry announced. .

New American weapons package to Israel

Syria's new government: Come home – everyone is welcome

All religious communities will be allowed to exist and operate in Syria, promises the country's new government in a charm offensive. Syrians who fled the bloody war are being urged to return and participate in the reconstruction.

Syria's new government: Come home – everyone is welcome