The men were Norwegian citizens of Iraqi origin who were not previously known to police, police prosecutor Christian Hatlo said.

China passed a law on a "shared" national identity among the country's 55 ethnic minority groups ‌on Thursday, a move critics say will further erode the identity of people who are not majority Han Chinese and risk making anyone challenging that "unity" a separatist punishable by law.

At least four people were wounded on Wednesday when an Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in central Beirut. Israel has been exchanging fire with the Iranian-backed armed group, Hezbollah.

Governments are working on plans to unblock vital oil chokepoint the Strait of Hormuz. The Iran war has effectively closed the waterway and pushed up gasoline prices. French President Emmanuel

The British government released new documents revealing that Prime Minister Keir Starmer knew his pick for U.S. ambassador had risky ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. NBC News’ Hala Gorani details what the British government said and new revelations about Peter Mandelson's relationship with Epstein.

The discovery caused officials to evacuate 18,000 people on Wednesday, the largest such operation ever in the city, emergency services said.

Senegal’s parliament has approved a law that toughens punishment for homosexuality in the largely conservative West African nation.

U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have damaged at least four cultural and historical sites across Iran. Experts and advocates have raised alarm about the impact of the widening war on