Authorities in Norway say a Norwegian student in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia and Iran while working as a guard at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo.

A Norwegian government report says that men earn an average of 13% more than women in egalitarian Norway.

Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 123-mile border it shares with Russia, a move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor Finland.

A young golden eagle attacked a toddler in Norway in what an ornithologist says is likely the same bird’s fourth such attack on humans in the past week.

Norwegian world-record holder Karsten Warholm turned in the fastest time in 400-meter hurdles qualifying as he tries to defend his Olympic title.

The Detroit Red Wings selected forward Michael Brandsegg-Nygård with the No. 15 pick of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft at Sphere in Las Vegas.

The Norwegian government has signed a deal to start stockpiling grain, saying the COVID-19 pandemic, a war in Europe and climate change have made it necessary.

Spain, Norway and Ireland have formally recognized a Palestinian state in a coordinated effort that adds more pressure on Israel to soften its devastating response to last year’s Hamas attack.

The European Union’s foreign policy chief has insisted that Israel must abide by the U.N. top court’s rulings and end its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

Spain, Ireland and Norway have formally recognized a Palestinian state.

Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state.

Norwegian police say the father and former coach of Olympic champion runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen has been charged with abusing one of his other children.

Michigan will be in the mix again to see Northern Lights on Monday night.

Michigan will be in the mix to see Northern Lights on Sunday and Monday night.

The trial has begun in Norway for a man accused of aggravated terrorism for the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo’s nightlife district.

The Norwegian royal palace says King Harald V’s health is improving but that he’ll need a permanent pacemaker after falling ill during a trip to Malaysia.

The royal house of Norway says King Harald has been implanted with a temporary pacemaker at a hospital in Malaysia’s resort island of Langkawi.

A Scandinavian Airlines medical evacuation plane has arrived in Malaysia’s northern resort island of Langkawi, where the Norwegian king is being treated at a hospital for an infection.

King Harald V of Norway remains hospitalized in Malaysia in the country’s northern resort island of Langkawi after falling ill while on vacation.

Norwegian royal officials say that King Harald V of Norway has been hospitalized with an infection while on vacation in Malaysia.

Most of Michigan will be in the mix to see Northern Lights on Tuesday night, and possibly even Wednesday night.

Parts of Michigan could catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights on Thursday night, into Friday morning.

A Norwegian citizen originally from Iran has been charged with aggravated terrorism over a deadly shooting in June 2022 ahead of an LGBTQ festival in the nightlife district of the capital, Oslo.

Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway has become the first skier to be disqualified for a forbidden type of wax on her skis.

Venezuela’s government and opposition have reached an agreement on new electoral conditions that once signed Tuesday in Barbados will trigger relief from the U.S. government on energy sanctions it imposed on President Nicolás Maduro’s government.

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will be soon be revealed and the annual guessing game is reaching its climax.

The annual Nobel Prize announcements are over with the final award, for economics, going to Harvard professor Claudia Goldin for advancing the understanding of women’s labor market outcomes.

Viktor Hovland’s best shot of the week at the Ryder Cup came a day too early.

CEO Håkon Volldal said the company chose Michigan because of what the state could offer -- its workforce, financial incentives and collaboration among the universities and institutions.

Officials on the Orkney Islands have voted to explore ways of seeking more autonomy or even independence from neglectful U.K. governments.

Sick of being ignored by far-away politicians, officials on Scotland’s remote Orkney Islands are mulling a drastic solution.

I got to explore the southernmost cities in Norway. Here are a few of my favorite stories.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will hold talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other senior Turkish officials this weekend as pressure mounts on Turkey to lift its objections to Sweden joining the military organization.

Norway has taken over the Arctic Council’s rotating presidency from Russia.

A North Sea storm has led to dozens of train and ferry cancellations in northern Denmark and southern Norway.

For more than 100 years, people came to the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard to work in coal mines.

Social life in the Norwegian village of Longyearbyen — hemmed in by mountains, a glacier and a fjord on a remote Arctic island — has long revolved around its only church.

Lucas Braathen won the Alta Badia giant slalom for his second win in as many races.

Four Mediterranean European Union members have issued a joint statement weighing on a dispute over a deal for Europe to jointly help asylum-seekers.

The daughter of Norway’s King Harald says she no longer will officially represent the Norwegian royal house following questions about her and her American fiancé’s activities.

Authorities say a French woman has been injured when attacked by a polar bear in Norway’s remote Arctic Svalbard Islands.

The birdies that flowed so freely for Viktor Hovland over the first three days of the British Open finally dried up.

The suspect in a deadly shooting ahead of an LGBTQ festival in the Norwegian capital, which authorities are treating as an Islamist attack, has been ordered held in pre-trial detention for four weeks — two of them in solitary confinement.

The suspect in a mass shooting during an LGBTQ festival in Norway has refused to explain his actions to investigators and will remain in pretrial custody for the next four weeks.

A gunman who opened fire in Oslo’s nightlife district has killed two people and left more than 20 others injured during the LGBTQ Pride festival in Norway's capital.

A man has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder for killing five people and wounding four others in southern Norway when he attacked strangers with a bow and arrows and knives.

NATO-member Norway terminated its two-decade-old contract with a France-based manufacturer for 14 maritime helicopters, citing delays, errors and time-consuming maintenance, The Norwegian defense minister said Friday that the government will return the NH90 helicopters it received so far and expects a refund of $525 million.

A Norwegian soccer official has delivered a scathing criticism of World Cup host Qatar and FIFA to an audience of executives on the eve of the tournament’s draw.

A Norwegian photographer arrested on espionage-related charges on the Greek island of Lesbos has been released from custody after appearing at a public prosecutor’s office.

Henrik Kristoffersen has clinched the men’s slalom title in the last event of the World Cup ski season.

Authorities say that four U.S. Marines have been killed when their Osprey aircraft crashed in a Norwegian town in the Arctic Circle during a NATO exercise unrelated to Russia's war in Ukraine.

A 75-year-old Norwegian photographer has been arrested on the Greek island of Lesbos on espionage-related charges and appeared in court.

Russian skiers are not welcome to compete in Norway.

Norwegian biathlete Johannes Thingnes Boe wasn't denied by the competition or conditions in his final race, winning gold with ease to help Norway secure its 15th gold medal, a new Winter Games record.

The Norwegian team of Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo and Erik Valnes solidified captured Olympic gold in the men's team sprint classic.

The Norway biathlete looked set to make the podium in the pursuit event, but she doubled over on the last run into the stadium.

Norway captured the men's team pursuit gold medal for the second straight Winter Olympics, the U.S. earned the bronze.

The United States takes on the ROC in the men's team pursuit semifinals.

Norway’s biathletes continued to prove that they are a force to be reckoned with on the Olympic stage. Norwegian biathlon champion Johannes Thingnes Boe was joined by his brother Tarjei Boe and French rival Quentin Fillon Maillet on the men's 10km sprint biathlon podium.

Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo is destined for history at the 2022 Winter Games.

The U.S. men's curling team took on Norway looking for their third win of the 2022 Olympic Games.

ROC wouldn't go down without a fight from Norway in the women's 4x5km as the Russian athletes looked to take the crown from the reigning champions.

Norway's Johannes Klaebo and Sweden's Jonna Sundling took home the gold medals in electrifying Olympic sprint finals under the lights at the National Cross-Country Centre on Tuesday.

Unbeaten Italy took on No. 2 seeded Norway in the gold medal game of mixed doubles curling.

Tough weather conditions continue to impact medal-favorites like Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, who struggled in the men's skiathlon.

Norway's path to Olympic gold in the 4x600m biathlon mixed relay was anything but straight, and the team that finished 20th saved the gold medal winners' day.

The first event of the Alpine skiing schedule at the Beijing Olympics has been postponed a day because of strong wind that made it too dangerous to race.

Therese Johaug won the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics in the women’s 15-kilometer cross-country skiathlon.

The first day of medals at the Beijing Olympics could be the start of another Norwegian gold rush.

Deemed close contacts to a COVID-19 case, Norway's Johannes Thingnes Boe and Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold are being forced to take precautionary measures.

Team USA dropped a second straight game with an 11-6 loss to Norway in Olympics mixed doubles curling action Thursday.

A little over a year after a cruel knee injury left him on crutches, Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is the favorite in both of the men's Olympic alpine skiing speed events -- downhill and super-G.

China and Czech Republic take early upsets on Day 1 of mixed doubles curling at the 2022 Olympics.

The 2014 bronze medalist and five-time world champion tested positive for COVID-19 following a recent training camp in Italy.

Which team did the U.S. beat to win gold in curling.

Two members of Norway’s women’s cross-country team and a U.S. bobsledder have tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of next month's Beijing Olympics.

Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik is testing the country's commitment to tolerance and rehabilitation.

Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor says it plans to sell its stake in the Myanmar fintech company Wave Money to its main partner in the venture, Yoma Strategic Holdings.

Norwegian skier Henrik Kristoffersen moved up from seventh after the opening leg to win the Alta Badia giant slalom for his first victory in the discipline since raising the trophy on the same Gran Risa course two years ago.

The Norwegian government is introducing a 10-person limit for gatherings at private homes to counter an uptick in COVID-19 cases, although the number will be increased to 20 on Christmas and New Year’s eves.

A look at Mark McMorris, Gus Kenworthy, Ester Ledecka, Mikael Kingsbury and other star international athletes expected to compete at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

The U.N. Security Council has strongly condemned attacks on schools, teachers and children and called on all parties to promote the right to education in conflicts.

Norway’s domestic intelligence agency says that such deadly attacks as the one in the small town of Kongsberg earlier this month are highly difficult to anticipate and prevent and are likely to happen again in such an open and democratic society such as Norway.

Many Norwegians recall it all too well: politicians, residents and Norway’s royal family together mourning an act of home-grown mass violence in a nation where such tragedies are rare.

A man armed with a bow and arrows killed five people and wounded others near the Norwegian capital of Oslo.

Norwegian authorities say the bow-and-arrow rampage by a man who killed five people in a small town appeared to be a terrorist act.

A brief overview of biathlon's history at the Winter Olympics since the 1960 Squaw Valley Games.

What's happened in biathlon since the 2018 PyeongChang Games.

Representatives of Venezuela’s government and opposition say they have agreed to find ways to deal with the pressing needs of Venezuelans, especially in combatting the coronavirus pandemic.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway won gold in the Olympic men's 1500m final on Saturday, breaking the Games record to upset world champion Timothy Cheruiyot of Kenya who took silver.

Norwegian experts say an unusually large meteor was visible over large parts of southern Scandinavia and illuminated southeast Norway with a powerful flash of light for a few seconds as many observers were reported to also hear a roaring sound afterwards.

U.S. pop singer Pink has offered to pay a fine given to the Norwegian female beach handball team for wearing shorts instead of the required bikini bottoms.

Spain and Norway traded blows in a thriller that ended 28-27 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on Monday.

On the 10th anniversary of Norway’s worst peacetime slaughter, survivors of Anders Behring Breivik’s assault worry that the racism which nurtured the anti-Islamic mass murderer is re-emerging.

The Norwegian telecoms company Telenor, one of the biggest carriers in Myanmar, says it has agreed to sell its entire operations in the country to the M1 Group, a Lebanese-based investment firm.

The body of a toddler who washed ashore on Norway’s southwest coast in January has been identified.

Irish health officials have recommended the temporary suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine after reports of serious blood clotting after inoculations in Norway. Dr. Ronan Glynn, Irelands deputy chief medical officer, said Sunday, March 14 the recommendation was made after Norways medicines agency reported four cases of blood clotting in adults after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)LONDON – Irish health officials on Sunday recommended the temporary suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine after reports of serious blood clotting after inoculations in Norway. Dr. Ronan Glynn, Ireland’s deputy chief medical officer, said the recommendation was made after Norway’s medicines agency reported four cases of blood clotting in adults after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine. The health ministry said the move followed six new reports in Denmark and Norway of blood clotting and lowered levels of blood platelets in people aged under 50.

Viktor Hovland, left, of Norway, waits to putt on the eighth hole of the South Course during the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)SAN DIEGO – Viktor Hovland birdied his final for a 7-under 65 on Torrey Pines’ tough South Course on a rainy, miserable Friday, giving him a one-shot lead after two rounds of the Farmers Insurance Open. Reed shot an even-par 72 on the South Course a day after firing an 8-under 64 on the easier North Course. AdThe weather is supposed to clear up for the weekend rounds on the South Course. “I just played really solid and made some putts.”He had just one bogey, on the par-4 15th.

Norway is fining gay dating app Grindr $11.7 million under for failing to get consent from users before sharing their personal information with advertising companies, in breach of stringent European Union privacy rules. Norwegian's data privacy watchdog said Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 that it notified the company of its draft decision to issue a fine for 100 million Norwegian krone, equal to 10% of its annual global revenue. The Norwegian data privacy watchdog said Tuesday that it notified Grindr LLC of its draft decision to issue a fine for 100 million Norwegian krone ($11.7 million), equal to 10% of the U.S. company's global revenue. The Data Protection Authority took action following a complaint by the Norwegian Consumer Council alleging personal data was shared unlawfully for marketing purposes. “The Norwegian Data Protection Authority considers that this is a serious case," said Director-General Bjorn Erik Thon.

ALTA BADIA – Alexis Pinturault held off a challenge from unheralded Norwegian skier Atle Lie McGrath to win the classic men’s World Cup giant slalom on the Gran Risa course Sunday. He is the son of Felix McGrath, a World Cup skier for the US ski team in the 1980s and 90s. Pinturault gathered 15 of his 31 career World Cup wins in GS, but Sunday's result marked his first podium in the discipline this season. Among active skiers, only American Ted Ligety has more GS wins with 24. The men's World Cup remains in Italy for slaloms in Alta Badia on Monday and Madonna di Campiglio on Tuesday.