OSLO — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan held separate meetings with the foreign ministers of Iran and Egypt in Oslo on Wednesday. The meetings were held on the sidelines of the Oslo Forum 2025, held in the Norwegian (...)
Norway's Princess Ingrid Alexandra is moving to Australia for her university studies, enrolling in a degree program at the University of Sydney.
Alexandra, who is second in line to Norway's throne, will join her classmates from August and will study (...)
A Norwegian man managed to sleep through an enormous container ship running aground on his front lawn.
Johan Helberg, who lives in Byneset, on the Trondheim Fjord, was woken by his neighbor on Thursday morning asking if he had noticed a boat (...)
RIYADH — Diriyah Company has signed a SR5.1 billion ($1.4 billion) joint venture contract to develop the iconic Royal Diriyah Opera House.
The agreement was signed with El Seif Engineering Contracting Co. Ltd. (ESEC), Midmac Construction Co. Ltd., (...)
JEDDAH — Ukraine hopes to secure at least a partial ceasefire at upcoming talks in Saudi Arabia, during which US officials will meet separately with Russian and Ukrainian delegations. "We still want to agree on a ceasefire, at least on what we have (...)
Palestinians and Israelis have expressed cautious optimism that a deal on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages held there is close after 15 months of devastating war.
"I can't believe that I am still alive to witness this (...)
At least three people have died in a bus crash in Norway, police say.
The accident happened at around 13:30 local time (12:30GMT) in the Hadsel district on the country's north-western coast.
The bus came off the road and ended up partially in the (...)
For more than a week, the sprawling Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank has echoed to the sound of heavy gunfire – with masked snipers on rooftops and muffled explosions within its warren of alleyways.
But the combat has not involved the (...)
A 92-year-old Japanese man who lived through the American atomic bombing of Nagasaki called for the abolition of all nuclear weapons, as he accepted this year's Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday.
"Imagine this: there are 4,000 nuclear warheads that could (...)
Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining.
Oslo had planned to let companies apply to mine 280,000 sq km (108,000 sq miles) of its waters for precious metals -- an area bigger than the (...)
Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a 2011 bombing and shooting spree, appeared in court on Tuesday seeking parole for a second time.
Breivik, 45, has so far served 13 years of a maximum sentence of 21 years in (...)
On Monday, millions of Swedes will start receiving copies of a pamphlet advising the population how to prepare and cope in the event of war or other unexpected crises.
"If crisis or war comes" has been updated from six years ago because of what the (...)
RIYADH — The escalating violence in the Palestinian and Lebanese territories, including the brutal Israeli aggression on Gaza, has compelled Arab and Islamic leaders to take urgent action, and that was translated through their resolve to gather (...)
RIYADH — The European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, revealed that the International Coalition for a Two-State Solution in Palestine will hold its first meetings in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, next week.
He said that the global (...)
Authorities in Oslo announced on Monday that they had agreed to buy AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM air defense missiles from the US in a deal worth over 4 billion Norwegian kroner ($364m, €337m).
It is one of the largest single purchases ever made by the (...)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday urged China to cease its support for Russia in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, warning that continued backing would harm Beijing's interests and reputation.
Speaking in Oslo, Stoltenberg called on (...)
Norway and Israel have been in a diplomatic dispute for months following Oslo's decision to recognize Palestine as a state, a move that provoked a strong reaction from Tel Aviv. In response, Israel has taken several measures against Norway and the (...)
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has blamed her political opponents for the deadly unrest in the country, adding she was "forced" to impose a curfew for public safety.
"I never wanted it," she said on Monday in a meeting with business (...)
Palestinian factions including rivals Hamas and Fatah have signed an agreement on "ending division and strengthening Palestinian unity" in Beijing, China said Tuesday.
The announcement followed reconciliation talks hosted by China involving 14 (...)
Israel's government has approved a large land seizure in the occupied West Bank – the biggest since the 1993 Oslo Accords set out a path for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, according to the Israeli rights group Peace Now.
The Israeli (...)
Israel has sparked condemnation after the finance minister announced plans to legally recognize five unauthorized Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
As CNN has reported, the Israeli government has been looking to "strengthen" Jewish (...)
Norway's foreign minister said Tuesday marks "a milestone in the relationship between Norway and Palestine," as the country officially recognizes a Palestinian state.
"For more than 30 years, Norway has been one of the strongest advocates for a (...)
Some Hamas officials are signaling that the militant group could give up armed struggle against Israel if the Palestinians get an independent state in territories captured by Israel in the 1967 war.
The messaging suggests a softening of Hamas' (...)
Norway's king plans to scale back his participation in official duties "out of consideration for his age", the country's royal household has said.
Officials said the move would see King Harald, 88, make a "permanent reduction" to his public (...)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said all of Gaza's two million people are experiencing "severe levels of acute food insecurity".
This was first time an entire population had been so classified, he said when questioned by the BBC about (...)
