Norway

Asylum seekers sent from filthy, dangerous Libyan detention centres to Rwanda say their new quarters are a huge improvement but they still want to reach Europe – raising questions...

Israel has issued a warning to Norway following the Scandinavian country's decision to mandate an end to the misleading labelling of products from illegal settlements. Oslo moved to align...

Palestine, on Monday, welcomed a decision by Norway to label products from Israeli settlements with their place of origin, Anadolu News Agency reports. "We thank Norway for this historic...

Norway has decided to label products of illegal Israeli settlements accurately as such in order to distinguish them from goods produced within Israel's recognised borders, the foreign ministry in...

Sweden's foreign minister today hit out at "disinformation" about Sweden and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), after Turkey accused the Nordic country of giving support to the militant group,...

The United Nations said yesterday that Israel's expulsion of 13 Palestinian communities in  the occupied West Bank in order to conduct military exercises is "inhumane and illegal." This came during a visit by UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Samer Abdel Jaber,...

Fifteen European countries, on Friday, urged Israel to stop plans for more illegal settlements in the West Bank, according to an official statement, Anadolu News Agency reports. "We are...

Two non-governmental organisations said they have recorded an "alarming" increase in the application of the death penalty in Iran with a rise of 25 per cent in 2021 compared...

The European Union has joined a number of countries who have called on Sudanese authorities to commit to defending media freedoms and respecting the right to peaceful assembly. The...

Norway has pledged to donate $124 million as part of a four-year funding agreement with the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt made...

A delegation of senior Taliban officials and representatives has travelled to Norway to hold talks in an effort to free $10 billion of Afghanistan's frozen assets. The delegation, led...

Norway's Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), pledged to advance the UN Security Council discussions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to a ministerial level this month, to restore its focus...

The UAE along with four other countries – Albania, Brazil, Gabon and Ghana – have assumed responsibilities as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. Although the two-year term...

"The occupation has remained unchallenged by an international order that seems willing to legitimise it as long as there is no accepted agreement to end it." Sara Roy's succinct...

Turkey did not invite the ten Western ambassadors who called on the release of a detainee to the Republic Day ceremony, revealing Ankara's ongoing displeasure with the envoys. After...

Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Holland, Norway, Poland and Sweden released a joint statement on Thursday insisting that Israel halt its plans to expand settlements in...

The plan to expel ten Western ambassadors from Turkey was averted due to Ankara's secret diplomatic talks with the United States, it has been revealed. After ten Western ambassadors—from...

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh yesterday called on Norway to pressure Israel to release withheld Palestinian tax revenues. This came during a videoconference with Norway's Foreign Minister, Ine Marie...

Germany has donated €25 million ($29.4 million) to the education sector in Palestine in support of its development including school renovations, new equipment and staff employment. The Palestinian Minister of Education,...

"I wish I could wake up one day and find that Gaza has sunk into the sea." That quote is attributed to Israel's late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. He...

The German and French ambassadors, along with other European Union (EU) ambassadors, boycotted a ceremony at the US Embassy in Jerusalem, Israeli Ynet News revealed on Tuesday. The ceremony...

Norway's largest pension fund today announced it has divested assets in 16 companies for their links to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, news agencies reported....

A Swiss court ordered the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's oil minister to pay $1.5 million in a corruption case today, a decision that his lawyer said...

A toddler whose body washed up on the southwest coast of Norway on New Year's Day has been identified as a boy who died with his family while trying...

Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund yesterday withdrew its investments from two Israeli companies over their involvement in Israel's illegal settlement activities in the occupied West Bank. The fund said in...

IMF member countries have agreed to clear Sudan's arrears to the institution, France's president said yesterday, removing a final hurdle to the African nation getting wider relief on the...

Israel bombards Gaza killing at least 35 people including 12 children ahead of Eid Al-Fitr the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan

The minority government of Norway has stated that the $1.3 trillion wealth fund should not have Saudi stocks in the reference index, Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail reported...

Norway's football team marked the start of their quest to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by protesting against the gulf state's alleged treatment of workers before...

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to a statement issued by a number of countries at the UN Human Rights Council criticising Cairo's human rights records by issuing...

The Biden administration's refusal to punish Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has put the lives of critics in grave danger, exiled dissidents...

US State Secretary Mike Pompeo has suggested that outgoing President Donald Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting harmony between Arab countries and Israel. This comes...