A district court in southern Sweden have sentenced a 25-year-old man to seven months in prison for smuggling cannabis from Copenhagen to Malmö in his socks but he has been told he can have his footwear back when released.
A 16-year-old boy in western Sweden has been arrested on suspicion of attacking his own mother with a hammer after she was discovered in a bloodied state.
Sweden's junior hockey stars reached the final of the world championships after defeating Russia in an ill-tempered semi-final which sparked a mass brawl when the match ended.
An al-Qaeda affiliated group may be behind the kidnapping of five people in Syria, including a Swedish citizen, who were working in the region with Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
