- Suspected bomb blast ripped through apartment block in central Gothenburg on Tuesday, injuring 20 people
- Police sources revealed an officer who recently testified at a major gang trial lived in the building
- Bomb and gun crime has soared in recent years, with more than 200 explosions and 360 shootings last year
- The country suffered its highest level of murder and manslaughter for at least 18 years in 2020
- Right-wing blames massive immigration in recent years, largely from the Middle East and North Africa
- But the government has long shied away from drawing any link between immigration and the country’s gangs Source DailyMail
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
