UPDATED: A major explosion hit an apartment building in Linköping, southern Sweden, on Friday morning, with around 20 people injured. Police suspect the powerful explosion that blew out several apartment windows in the centre of the city at about 9am was caused by “an explosive device deliberately placed outside” in the area of Hamngatan/Ågatan, police investigator Magnus Skoglund told a press conference in Linköping on Friday afternoon. Source: The Local
OPEC+ headed for a clash with the U.S. as more members rejected President Joe Biden’s call for the group to raise oil production faster and help reduce gasoline prices. On Monday, Kuwait said the cartel should stick with its plan to increase output gradually because oil markets were well-balanced. That followed similar statements from other key members in recent days, including Iraq, Algeria, Angola and Nigeria. Source Al Jazeera
“If a state buys (weaponry) from us, it’s no longer a Turkish product. It might be manufactured in Turkey, but it belongs to Ukraine,” Cavusoglu told reporters after meeting his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on the margins of the G20 summit in Rome. “Turkey cannot be blamed for this,” he said. Source The Defence Post
Bulgaria has sent 350 additional military personnel to its border with Turkey amid rising migration levels. Defense Minister Georgi Panayotov told Bulgarian media that the troops were arriving to “support the border police”. Source EuroNews
