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Damage at the US Embassy after a loud bang was reported at the site, in Oslo, Norway, March 8, 2026. (NTB/Fredrik Varfjell/via REUTERS)
March 11, 2026, 9:12 pm
Norway arrests 3 brothers with Iraqi roots over blast at US embassy
Police say suspects are all in their 20s, set bomb ‘with the intention of taking lives or causing significant damage,’ may have been working for a foreign state
By Reuters
Damage at the US Embassy after a loud bang was reported at the site, in Oslo, Norway, March 8, 2026. (NTB/Fredrik Varfjell/via REUTERS)
March 8, 2026, 2:26 pm
Police probe terror as blast strikes US embassy in Oslo, causing no injuries
Norway’s foreign minister calls the incident ‘unacceptable’ as police, dogs, drones, and helicopters search for one or more perpetrators
By AFP
Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
October 16, 2025, 1:24 pm
Norway sentences US embassy guard who spied for Iran and Russia to protest Gaza war
Norwegian national, who was paid 10,000 euros for information on embassy staff and their families, claims he acted due to US support for Israel
By AFP
Danish police patrol at Copenhagen Airport, Denmark, Monday September 22, 2025. (Steven Knap/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
September 23, 2025, 12:44 pm
Airports in Copenhagen and Oslo reopen after unidentified drones cause massive delays
Danish police say drones were sent by ‘capable operator’ but can not yet identify culprit; Ukraine’s Zelensky blames Russia, which denies involvement
By Agencies
US President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One upon arrival at LaGuardia Airport in New York on September 11, 2025. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)
September 12, 2025, 2:39 pm
Trump’s insistence he deserves a peace prize won’t sway us, says Nobel committee
Committee’s secretary says campaigning for the honor ‘really has no impact on the discussions,’ after leaders of Israel, Azerbaijan and Pakistan say they’ve nominated US president
By AFP and ToI Staff
Zaniar Matapour appears in court in Oslo, Norway, March 12, 2024. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP, File)
July 4, 2024, 5:49 pm
Iranian-born Norwegian man found guilty of terror attack at Oslo LGBTQ festival
Zaniar Matapour, who had sworn allegiance to ISIS, sentenced to 30 years after killing two people and seriously wounding nine in the Norwegian capital in 2022
By JAN M. OLSEN
File: Picture taken on August 3, 2022 shows a visitor taking pictures of Edvard Munch's iconic painting "The Scream" at the National Museum in Oslo, Norway.(Heiko Junge / NTB / AFP)
November 11, 2022, 4:00 pm
Climate activists attempt to glue themselves to Munch’s ‘The Scream’
Oslo cops say 3 protesters under their ‘control’; painting is not seriously harmed, though glue residue left on glass mount
By JAN M. OLSEN
A Norwegian national flag flutters over flowers and rainbow flags that are placed at the scene of a shooting in central of Oslo, Norway, June 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
June 27, 2022, 7:02 pm
Oslo Pride Parade attack suspect refusing to cooperate, police say
Zaniar Matapour, a 43-year-old Norwegian citizen originally from Iran, was arrested after 2 people were killed and more than 20 wounded in an alleged ‘Islamist terror act’
By KOSTYA MANENKOV
A Norwegian national flag flutters over flowers and rainbow flags that are placed at the scene of a shooting in central of Oslo, Norway, June 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
June 27, 2022, 5:56 am
Terror suspect in deadly shooting at Oslo Pride festival refusing to speak with cops
At memorial service for victims, Norwegian PM says attack ‘did not stop the fight and the efforts to fight discrimination, prejudice and hatred’
By KOSTYA MANENKOV and JARI TANNER
Flowers are left at the scene of a shooting in central Oslo, June 25, 2022. (Hakon Mosvold Larsen/NTB Scanpix via AP)
June 25, 2022, 4:56 pm
Norway raises terror alert to highest level after deadly mass shooting near gay bar
Security chief calls attack that left 2 dead and over 20 wounded an ‘extreme Islamist terror act’; suspect has ‘long history of violence and threats’
By Maria Sanminiatelli and Karl Ritter
Norwegian police officers stand guard in the streets of central Oslo between security tape lines, on June 25, 2022, after shots were fired outside the London pub, killing two people. (Javad Parsa/NTB/AFP)
June 25, 2022, 8:06 am
2 dead, 21 hurt in Oslo terror attack near gay bar; suspect of Iranian descent held
10 in serious condition after gunman opens fire near London Pub club, jazz bar, takeaway food outlet; Pride parade canceled; suspect was known to domestic intelligence services
By Pierre-Henry DESHAYES
Anneke von der Lippe (left) and Amos Taman (right) as Alex and Arik in 'The Girl from Oslo,' currently on Netflix (Courtesy Netflix)
February 11, 2022, 1:28 pm
Podcast: Drama, tension and love in Netflix series ‘The Girl from Oslo’
Director Uri Barbash and actress Anneke von der Lippe discuss the characters, storylines and relationships in their Netflix hit
By ToI Staff
Anneke von der Lippe (left) and Amos Taman in 'The Girl From Oslo,' on Netflix Israel from January 8, 2022 (Courtesy Netflix)
January 9, 2022, 6:19 pm
Netflix series ‘The Girl From Oslo’ brings drama, twists and turns
Norwegian-Israeli co-production places action in more than 100 locations throughout Israel, Egypt and Norway
By Jessica Steinberg
Police officers stand at the site where a person was shot by police at Bislett in Oslo, Norway, on November 9, 2021. (Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB / AFP)
November 9, 2021, 3:55 pm
Knife-wielding man threatens passersby in Oslo, is shot dead by police
Officer injured during attempted arrest; police say no indication it’s a terror attack; suspect had previously been sentenced to psychiatric care after stabbing a man
By AFP
File: Oslo's Bergstien Street synagogue. (photo credit: CC BY Metro Centric, Flickr)
March 11, 2021, 10:33 pm
After outcry, Holocaust survivors allowed to move to Oslo Jewish nursing home
Skien municipality reverses decision to deny request to go to facility in Norwegian capital on grounds it could provide accommodations locally
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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