The Turkish national football team is in crisis. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, scandal-plagued former star Arda Turan is set to replace Vincenzo Montella as head coach.
FootballThe red-green parties strongly criticize the government's late announcement on quota refugees, which means that 350 people will receive protection this year. At the same time, the parties disagree among themselves about how many refugees Sweden should accept.
Swedish politicsIndia and Qatar are among the countries that will bid to host the 2036 Olympics, the IOC confirms.
SportsExplosions were heard again in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Tuesday, residents told AFP.
ConflictsYemeni government forces have regained control of the strategically important Bab al-Mandab Strait and are pushing back the Houthi movement, the country’s military says. Pakistan and Turkey are sending forces to support the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen. Explosions were heard in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, late Monday night.
ConflictsThe trial in Turkey against Swedish journalist Joakim Medin has been postponed for the fourth time. The court in Istanbul announced this, Dagens ETC writes. The proceedings have been widely condemned by press freedom organizations - and the EU Parliament has demanded that the prosecution be dropped. "It's not fun. I want an end to it," Joakim Medin told SVT.
Swedish politicsFerhat Gündogdu, chairman of the Turkish Football Federation's referees committee, has been arrested along with six other people.
FootballPio and Sebastiano Esposito made history when Italy crushed Turkey 4-1 in the Nations League, becoming the first pair of brothers to start a match for the Italian national football team in over 100 years.
FootballA Swedish man has been arrested in Paraguay on suspicion of taking part in a gold smuggling ring, as TV4 Nyheterna was first to report.
CrimeStar Kylian Mbappé is out of the French national team after suffering a knee injury in the 1-0 win over Turkey in the Nations League on Friday. "It's not good, unfortunately. We're not taking any risks," says national team captain Zinedine Zidane.
SportsHis wife, Ayse Bugra Kavala, is urging European leaders to raise human rights in their dealings with Turkey, as her husband, human rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala, serves a life sentence in a Turkish maximum-security prison.
WorldAbout ten students have been injured after a teenager opened fire outside a high school in western Turkey.
WorldEuropean Championship gold in 2024. World Cup gold in 2026. Spain’s success means that national team coach Luis de la Fuente is rewarded with a new contract.
SportsPakistan will do whatever is necessary to defend its ally Saudi Arabia, a military spokesman has said, amid escalating attacks by the Houthi movement in Yemen.
ConflictsTurkey's incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reportedly running as a presidential candidate in elections likely to be held in the spring of 2028.
World politicsTurkey has given Russia and Ukraine a proposal for a maritime agreement, a Turkish diplomat says.
ConflictsDespite the uncertainty in the Middle East, the Formula 1 season will start in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia next year.
SportsFrench-Turkish author Pinar Selek has been awarded this year's Tucholsky Prize for her commitment to women's and minority rights in Turkey.
EntertainmentTurkish police have carried out a series of raids on gay bars and the homes of LGBTQI activists. Several social media accounts belonging to LGBTQI organizations have also been blocked.
WorldBelgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is taking a one-year break from international football. "I have chosen not to play in the Nations League with the national team," Courtois told Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws.
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