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 (...)
The International Court of Justice began hearing historic oral arguments Monday over the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, thrusting the decades-old debate before a panel of international judges as the region remains locked in an (...)
Norway could become the first country in the world to push ahead with deep sea mining after it voted Tuesday to open its waters for exploration, provoking an outcry from environmental groups.
In a major step towards kicking off commercial deep sea (...)
A beluga whale widely speculated to be an alleged Russian "spy" has entered Swedish waters, according to OneWhale, an organization set up to protect the animal's health and welfare.
The whale, nicknamed Hvaldimir, garnered international fame in 2019 (...)
The Czech Republic observed a minute's silence at midday (11:00 GMT) to commemorate those killed in Thursday's mass shooting at a Prague university.
Flags on official buildings were flown at half-mast to mark a day of national mourning.
Fourteen (...)
OSLO — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan met with his Norwegian counterpart Espen Barth Eide, on the sidelines of the visit of the members of the ministerial committee appointed by the joint Arab-Islamic Summit to Oslo.
During (...)
OSLO — Members of the ministerial committee from the joint Arab-Islamic Summit, chaired by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, held an official meeting on Friday in Oslo with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
The meeting was (...)
The teenage twins of jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi have accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf.
Mohammadi — who is serving a 10-year jail term in Tehran — won this year's prize for her work fighting against the oppression of women (...)
A thick layer of toxic foam has once again coated parts of a sacred river near New Delhi as the Indian capital battles an acrid and noxious smog that has settled across the city.
The white froth, a mixture of sewage and industrial waste, has formed (...)
TEL AVIV/RAMALLAH — In the last few days I have been in southern Israel close to the border with Gaza, deep in the West Bank with hard-line Jewish settlers, and seen the funeral of two young Palestinian men killed by the Israeli army in a raid on a (...)
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for "her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all," the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced in (...)
RAMALLAH — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received the Saudi non-resident Ambassador to Palestine and Consul General in Jerusalem Naif Al-Sudairi at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah on Tuesday.
During the reception, Al-Sudairi (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia, Arab League and the European Union, in cooperation with Egypt and Jordan, launched the Peace Day Effort aimed to revitalize the Middle East peace process and urged countries around the world to join the initiative.
Around 50 (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia, in partnership with the Arab League and the European Union, has joined forces with Egypt and Jordan to launch a significant initiative aimed at revitalizing the peace process.
This historic effort was officially inaugurated (...)
Norway's Princess Martha Louise will marry her American partner, self-styled shaman Durek Verrett, next summer, the couple has announced.
King Harald V congratulated the pair, saying he was happy to welcome Verrett to his family.
The princess (...)
Russia and Belarus have been invited back to Stockholm's Nobel Prize banquet after being left out last year because of the Ukraine war, the Nobel Foundation says.
Iran has also been invited back to the event in Sweden's capital after not being (...)
More than 200 Palestinians and nearly 30 Israelis have been killed so far this year in demonstrations, clashes, military operations, attacks and other incidents, which already surpasses last year's death toll, UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland (...)
President Joe Biden and alliance leaders enter the first day of the high-stakes NATO Summit Tuesday with a reinvigorated sense of unity after a major win on Monday evening when Turkey agreed to Sweden's bid to join the alliance.
The leaders gather (...)
A staggering 315,000 grave violations against children in conflict took place between 2005 and 2022, said UN Children's Fund UNICEF on Monday, describing it as a "stark illustration of the devastating impact of war" on the young.
The UN-verified (...)
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has named former economy chief and internationally respected ex-banker Mehmet Simsek as treasury and finance minister as he unveiled his new Cabinet.
Erdogan, who was sworn in for his third presidential term (...)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been sworn in as head of state after winning an historic run-off election to extend his two-decade rule for another five years.
The 69-year-old leader will later on Saturday name his Cabinet, which will be (...)
NATO will deploy additional forces to Kosovo in response to violent clashes that injured dozens of Serb protesters and international peacekeepers, sparking fears of a wider conflict in the Balkans nation.
The US-led military alliance said it had (...)
Sweden has got into hot water with Norway after one of its research rockets malfunctioned and landed in its neighbor's territory.
The rocket was launched at 07:20 local time (05:20 GMT) on Monday from the Esrange Space Center, before plunging into a (...)
Russia has a program to sabotage wind farms and communication cables in the North Sea, according to new allegations.
The details come from a joint investigation by public broadcasters in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
It says Russia has a (...)
Tens of thousands of workers in Norway began a strike on Monday, after negotiations between the country's two main unions and employers' representatives broke down late last night.
Transport, hotel and construction sectors in the Nordic nation are (...)