A Swedish appeals court on Monday reversed one of two convictions handed down by a lower court on Danish far-right agitator Rasmus Paludan, converting his prison sentence to a fine. The court sitting in Malmö ruled that earlier Danish convictions taken into account by the lower court were of no great significance in the cases under consideration. Paludan, a 43-year-old lawyer, had been found guilty almost a year ago on two counts of inciting hatred against Muslims during gatherings in Malmö in southern Sweden in 2022. He was also sentenced to four months in jail for libel. Paludan had burnt co...

Germany started training for their next World Cup qualifiers on Monday without ill striker Nick Woltemade and amid uncertainty whether he will be able to feature against Luxembourg and Northern Ireland. Team officials said that Woltemade has caught the flu. Coach Julian Nagelsmann has so far not nominated a striker in place of Woltemade. Germany host Luxembourg on Friday and play in Northern Ireland three days later. Nagelsmann has only two forwards in Maximilian Beier and Jonathan Burkardt in his squad as he did not pick Niklas Füllkrug. Woltemade, 23, is yet to score for the national team in...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday found a former Sudanese militia leader guilty of atrocities committed more than two decades ago in Darfur. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, was convicted in The Hague of 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape and torture. Presiding judge Joanna Korner said there was "no doubt" about the defendant's guilt. Sentencing will take place at a later date. According to the court, Abd-Al-Rahman was one of the most senior leaders of the Janjaweed militia, which was backed by the Sudanese gover...

The Ukrainian military said on Monday it struck an explosives factory in Russia and an oil transshipment complex on the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed by Moscow. According to the General Staff in Kiev, an explosives plant in the city of Dzerzhinsk, in the Russian region of Nizhny Novgorod, was targeted to reduce Russia's offensive capabilities. Unverified videos circulating on social media purportedly show both attacks. The sites have previously been targeted by Ukrainian forces. However, Nizhny Novgorod Governor Gleb Nikitin disputed Kiev's account. He said on Telegram that ...

Germany's housing shortage is blocking economic growth, the Hanover-based Pestel Institute said on Monday, with more than 1.2 million residences needed in western parts of the country alone. The research group said a lack of accommodation is exacerbating issues in the labour market, calling for fundamental political changes towards comprehensive state support for housing construction. "The stagnation of the housing markets naturally also leads to the stagnation of the labour markets, because people can no longer move to take up jobs in other regions," said Pestel chief economist Matthias Günth...