OSLO: Erling Haaland played down concerns he sustained an injury in training with Norway this week — and revealed a message he was sent by Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola before going away on international duty. Haaland has linked up with his national team ahead of friendly matches against the Czech Republic on Friday and … Read more
OSLO: Norway has agreed to help facilitate the transfer of frozen tax funds earmarked for the Palestinian Authority (PA) that were collected by Israel, the Norwegian government said on Sunday, providing vital funding to the Western-backed entity. Under interim peace accords reached in the 1990s, Israel’s finance ministry collects tax on behalf of the Palestinians … Read more
Israel, Lebanon are prepping for a war neither wants, but many fear it’s becoming inevitable BEIRUT: The prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia terrifies people on both sides of the border, but some see it as an inevitable fallout from Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.Such a war could … Read more
OSLO: Norway, a top donor to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), is urging countries that have cut funding to the agency to consider the consequences of their actions on the population in Gaza, its foreign minister told Reuters on Wednesday. The Nordic country on Sunday said it would maintain its funding to UNRWA … Read more
OSLO: A tearful Anders Behring Breivik, the right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in 2011, on Tuesday accused Norway of trying to “push (him) to suicide” with strict prison conditions, while authorities insisted he remained extremely violent. “I have the impression that the government’s aim is to try to push me to suicide,” Breivik said … Read more