The United States and South Korea have tentatively agreed to a new deal covering the costs of maintaining the American military presence there.

A new initiative is underway by European, Arab and Islamic nations to strengthen support for a Palestinian state and its institutions and prepare for a future after the war in Gaza and escalating conflict in Lebanon.

How can the U.S. solve its growing maternal mortality crisis.

Four-time U.S. Olympians Matt Anderson and David Smith are medalists once more.

Norway says it will donate six F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.

The most feared striker in Europe won’t be playing at the European Championship.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund managed by Norges Bank Investment Management said Saturday it will vote against Elon Musk’s hefty CEO compensation package during Tesla’s annual meeting on Thursday.

Slovenia’s government has endorsed a motion to recognize a Palestinian state and sent it to parliament for approval.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has met with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa and leading officials from several Middle Eastern countries in Madrid a day after Spain, Ireland and Norway recognized a Palestinian state.

International donors meeting in Brussels say they will commit 7.5 billion euros, about $8.1 billion, in both grants and loans to support Syrians battered by war, poverty, and hunger for the rest of this year and beyond.

Relations between the European Union and Israel are in a nosedive on the eve of the diplomatic recognition of a Palestinian state by EU members Ireland and Spain.

Jerry Seinfeld’s upcoming Netflix comedy will be featured during this weekend's IndyCar race at Long Beach as rookie Linus Lundqvist will drive a car painted to look like a Pop-Tart in recognition of the movie “Unfrosted.”.

Europe’s oldest monarch, Norwegian King Harald V, has received a permanent pacemaker.

Learn which handball nations are primed and ready to chase the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The estate of Donna Summer is suing rappers Ye and Ty Dolla $ign alleging they illegally used her 1977 song “I Feel Love” in their most recent collaboration.

The Russian Olympic Committee has lost an appeal against its suspension by the International Olympic Committee.

Injured downhill star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde says skiers must be consulted about better World Cup race-day schedules to help protect them.

Norway’s oil fund saw the largest annual return in its history in 2023 led by a strong performance by U.S. technology companies and the Danish weight loss drug manufacturer, Novo Nordisk.

Downhill racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is having a second operation five days after his shocking crash and airlifted exit from Switzerland’s signature World Cup event.

The head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee urged Iran to release imprisoned peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi and let her accept the award at the annual prize ceremony in December.

A Norwegian man using a metal detector has found nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls someone might have worn as showy jewelry 1,500 years ago.

A scientific study published Monday projects that over half of Europe’s ski resorts will face a severe lack of snow if temperatures rise 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, while nearly all would be by an increase of 4 degrees — presenting challenges for the tourism industry and policymakers, and threatening a cold reality for ski lovers.

Total prize money and player compensation at this year’s U.S. Open tennis tournament will reach a record $65 million.

The Women's World Cup suddenly seems wide open with the elimination of many of the top teams in the world.

The Biden administration is retaliating for Russia’s suspension of the New START nuclear treaty.

Sweden has informed Russia that five employees of the Russian Embassy in Stockholm were asked to leave the country because they were suspected of spying.

A group of Western European nations led by Germany and France are committing to massively ramp up the production of clean energy from wind turbines in the North Sea.

New faces have dominated European Championship qualifying as Spain coach Luis de la Fuente swept aside Norway in his first game in charge and a Wales forward rescued a dramatic draw in his first international game.

Mikaela Shiffrin finished in seventh position at a World Cup super-G affected by changing weather conditions as the American skier missed out on a record-tying 86th career victory.

Archaeologists in Norway have found a runestone which they claim is the world’s oldest.

Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz has pulled out of the Australian Open because of an injured right leg.

Novak Djokovic has claimed a record-equaling sixth ATP Finals title by beating Casper Ruud to top a fantastic finish to the season for the Serb.

Third-seeded Casper Ruud eased to a straight-set victory over Felix Auger-Aliassime in the opening match of the ATP Finals.

The far-right-led Italian government’s weekslong standoff with aid groups running rescue ships partially eased on Tuesday, as officials allowed all remaining migrants on two boats to access port.

The German humanitarian group Mission Lifeline says that Italy has directed its migrant rescue ship with 89 people on board to proceed to the port of Reggio Calabria.

Queen Sonja of Norway has praised a Minneapolis congregation for maintaining Sunday worship services in Norwegian for all 100 years that the Lutheran church has existed.

Belarussian Ales Bialiatski, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with human rights groups in Russia and Ukraine, is the fourth person to receive the award while in prison or detention.

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

Swedish retailer Ikea is known for the distinctive names of its flat-pack home products.

And they're off to Nome.

The U.S. finished the 2022 Winter Olympics with 24 medals, behind Norway, ROC, Germany, and Canada.

With all 109 medal events decided, competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing is officially complete. And after three weeks of dominance, Norway once again claimed the top spot on the final medal table.

The Netherlands earned the most speed skating medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, and American Erin Jackson made history as the first Black gold medalist.

Team USA was back on the podium in a big way after a rare day without medals, upping their 2022 Winter Olympics haul to 24 and surpassing their total from the 2018 Games.

Norway won its 15th Olympic gold, breaking the record for most gold medals won by a nation in a single Winter Olympics.

Team USA is within two medals of its 2018 haul after collecting silver in women's hockey and bronze in speed skating's women's 1000M event.

Johannes Lamparter of Austria is the second youngest individual at 19 years old to win a World Cup in the history of Nordic combined. He was the first person to down Norway's Jarl Magnus Riiber and is still in search of his first medal in his Olympic debut.

Team USA delivered the goods in men's freestyle skiing, as Alex Hall and Nick Goepper took the top two spots in the men's freeski slopestyle final.

All the U.S. men's curling needs to do is defeat Denmark on Wednesday night and the defending Olympic gold medalists will advance to the medal round for the second straight Olympics.

Team USA is hoping to improve on its solid fourth-place finish in 2018, when its 23 medals trailed Norway (39), Germany (31), and Canada (29).

Results from the tenth session of men's curling action. Sweden took on Great Britain, Norway faced off against China, and the ROC played Canada.

Results, updates, and news from Day 11 of competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 15.

Sweden remained perfect and Canada found a way to win, plus other men's curling scores from around the ice in Session 8 of play Monday.

The Slovenian team has found their way onto the steps of the ski jumping podium more times than favorites Germany and Norway. They looked for their fourth Olympic medal in the men’s team event and concluded the ski jumping program at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Casper Ruud of Norway beat home-crowd favorite Diego Schwartzman to win his second Argentina Open.

See the live medal count for full medal standings and results from the 2022 Winter Olympics, updated in real-time throughout each competition day.

Marte Olsbu Roeiseland of Norway continued her winning streak at the 2022 Winter Olympics and transferred her sprint success into pursuit gold to earn her fourth Olympic medal at these Games.

Marius Lindvik took the top spot on the podium in the men’s large hill individual competition for Norway's first gold medal in the discipline since 1964.

Sweden, the favorites coming into the 2022 Games, is starting to separate from the pack in the men's curling standings.

Nobody views Beijing as a winter sports capital.

Germany is shining with the most golds, seven, but that's just one more than Norway, and two ahead of Netherlands and Sweden.

The ROC gets a big win over Denmark, and other scores from the fourth session of men's curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Team Norway clinched their sixth gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the women’s 7.5km individual sprint on Friday. Marte Olsbu Roeiseland was a double threat on the biathlon course with great shooting skills and unwavering confidence on her skis. She rose to the occasion to put down a gold medal performance.

The thrilling sprint finish to the ski race in Wednesday's Nordic combined competition almost brought Norway's Joergen Graabak more than a silver medal when his pregnant partner back home thought she might go into labor due to the excitement.

Canada, Great Britain, and the ROC all came away with wins in the second session of men's curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Scores from around the ice on the first day of men's curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Thirteen nations claimed medals and it's no shock that Norway leads the way with two golds, though Team USA's zero medals is a mild surprise.

Italy will take on Norway Tuesday in the gold medal game of Olympic mixed doubles curling. Here's what to know about the game.

Norway's double Olympic cross-county ski champion Simen Krueger tested negative for COVID-19 which gave him a chance to make it to the Beijing Games in time to take part in the later races in the competition.

For the first time in Olympic history, a curling team from Australia won a game. The duo of Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt defeated Switzerland Sunday morning.

The first gold medal of the 2022 Winter Olympics was awarded to Therese Johaug of Norway. The most decorated nation in the history of the Winter Games claimed another gold medal with Johaug’s final time of 44:13.7 as she surged to the finish line in the women’s skiathlon event.

Three-time snowboarding gold medalist Shaun White made it clear that the Beijing Games won’t just be his final Olympics.

Norway toped the men’s individual normal hill qualification round with Marius Lindvik and Robert Johansson. Ranking first place in the World Cup 2021/2022 season, fan favorite Germany's Karl Greiger just made it inside the top ten finishers in the event.

Team USA took on Italy in the final mixed doubles curling games before the 2022 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony.

The men's downhill field took their first training runs on the Olympic competition course, which had never before been utilized in Alpine skiing competition. It left many Olympians looking out of sorts.

Norway is expected to top the medal table with 22 gold medals and 45 overall when the Beijing Winter Olympics open in 30 days.

The United Kingdom’s central bank has become the first in a major advanced economy to raise interest rates since the coronavirus pandemic began.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he has applied to be the next governor of Norway’s central bank in an appointment that would last for six years if he gets the job.

Media freedom continues to be under attack across much of the world in 2021 with nine journalists killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan alone and 102 imprisoned in China.

Kylian Mbappe’s four goals in an 8-0 rout of Kazakhstan ensured defending champion France reached next year’s World Cup along with victorious Belgium.

New York City has ushered in the holiday season with the arrival of a 79-foot Norway spruce that will serve at Rockefeller Center as one of the world’s most famous Christmas trees.

Triathlon saw Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt take gold for the men, Bermuda's Flora Duffy win on the women's side. Great Britain proved they were the most complete triathlon team winning the inaugural mixed relay event.

Nora Mork and Kari Brattset Dale each scored eight times as Norway won bronze for the second-straight Olympics.

There’s a lot more to building a beach volleyball court than just stringing up a net by the sea.

The duo ran well within their limits under slightly cloudy conditions, but it was still enough to top their individual heats.

Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway fights off youngsters for triathlon gold.

The two-time reigning world champion took down Kevin Young's 1992 mark at a Diamond League meet in front of a home crowd in Oslo, Norway.

Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist and the United States won its fourth straight game in the world hockey championship, beating Norway 2-1.

Adam Henrique had two goals and an assist and Canada beat Norway 4-2 on Wednesday night in the world hockey championship for its first victory in four games.

After the COVID-19 pandemic halted last year’s edition, the Eurovision Song Contest has roared back to life.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is urging member countries to contribute to a military training mission in Mozambique that could be launched in coming months.

Norway will lend all of its 216,000 doses of Astra Zeneca to neighboring Sweden and Iceland as long as the vaccine is on pause.

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during the World Cup 2022 group A qualifying soccer match between Serbia and Portugal at the Rajko Mitic stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, March 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)Portugal and Belgium were left frustrated by draws in their World Cup qualifying matches. Stéphanie Frappart made more history as the first woman to referee a men's World Cup qualifier as the Netherlands beat Latvia 2-0. TV replays indicated the ball did cross the line, but goal-line technology and video review aren't used in the World Cup qualifiers. Artem Dzyuba scored both of Russia's goals to move within one goal of the Russian team record of 30 held by retired striker Alexander Kerzhakov.

New Zealand has opened its first large vaccination clinic as it scales up efforts to protect people from the coronavirus. (New Zealand Ministry of Health via AP)WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand has opened its first large vaccination clinic as it scales up efforts to protect people from the coronavirus. Gordon cites Wyoming’s declining number of COVID-19 cases and its success in distributing vaccines as reasons to lift the restrictions. AdThe nation of 1.3 million has seen a rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases n the past few weeks. Italy’s total virus cases surpassed 3 million last week, with a new surge powered by the highly contagious variant that was first identified in Britain.

(NBC News) – A South Carolina home where a body was found hidden in a freezer on Sunday has burned to the ground. Fire crews responded to Norway, South Carolina home Tuesday to find it reduced to a pile of smoking rubble. The group of eight people that were present when the body was found told police they’d heard the abandoned home was haunted and were exploring the property when one of them opened a freezer on the back porch. “These kids went in there Sunday night when it was dark, and then came back out and opened the freezer and there was a body,” added. Phillips sold the property years ago but says the house has always had a haunted reputation in the Norway community.

Viktor Hovland of Norway plays on the 1st Hole during the final round of the PGA Tour Mayakoba Golf Classic, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. It sure didn't look that way at the Mayakoba Golf Classic, where he captured another PGA Tour title with another big putt at the end. It was the first time since the Mayakoba Classic began in 2007 that it was won with a birdie putt on the final hole. Hovland won the Puerto Rico Open in February for his first PGA Tour title by holing a 30-foot birdie putt on the last hole. The former NCAA champion at Oregon also was going for his second PGA Tour win, the first one coming at the AT&T Byron Nelson two years ago.

A limited number of media will be allowed to cover Saturday’s football game, which will be nationally televised on FOX. Hickok got into the tournament as an alternate after Bill Haas tested positive earlier in the week. That’s the most positive tests on the PGA Tour since late June, when four players tested positive in a span of a week. Cameron Champ, Denny McCarthy and Dylan Frittelli had positive tests in Connecticut, and Harris English tested positive in Detroit. The Bosnian soccer federation said Wednesday that besides Kolasinac, another national team player, Ibrahim Sehic, also tested positive.

The 2020 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, a 75-foot tall Norway Spruce that was acquired in Oneonta, N.Y., is suspended by a crane as its is prepared for setting on a platform at Rockefeller Center Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)ONEONTA, N.Y. – A 75-foot (23-meter) Norway spruce arrived Saturday at New York City's Rockefeller Center to serve as one of the world's most famous Christmas trees. The tree was donated by Al Dick of Daddy Al's General Store in Oneonta, in central New York. Tishman Speyer, the company that owns Rockefeller Center, has said it's especially proud to keep up the tree tradition this year. The pandemic has spurred the cancellation of some other New York holiday customs, such as the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

This year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, a 75-foot tall Norway Spruce, is guided onto a flatbed truck, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, in Oneonta, N.Y. The tree will be brought into New York City and erected at Rockefeller Center on Saturday, Nov. 14. (Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Tishman Speyer)ONEONTA, N.Y. – The 75-foot (23-meter) Norway spruce that will anchor New York City's holiday festivities as the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was cut down in upstate New York on Thursday and will soon be headed to Manhattan. The tree was donated by Al Dick of Daddy Al's General Store in Oneonta, developer Tishman Speyer said in a release. It will be trucked to New York City and erected at Rockefeller Center on Saturday.

This year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, a 75-foot tall Norway Spruce, is guided onto a flatbed truck, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, in Oneonta, N.Y. The tree will be brought into New York City and erected at Rockefeller Center on Saturday, Nov. 14. (Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Tishman Speyer)ONEONTA, N.Y. – The 75-foot (23-meter) Norway spruce that will anchor New York City's holiday festivities as the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was cut down in upstate New York on Thursday and will soon be headed to Manhattan. The tree was donated by Al Dick of Daddy Al's General Store in Oneonta, developer Tishman Speyer said in a release. It will be trucked to New York City and erected at Rockefeller Center on Saturday.