Espen Barth Eide

From clashing over Cuba to calls on Gaza, UN sidelines reflect global rifts

From clashing over Cuba to calls on Gaza, UN sidelines reflect global rifts

At the United Nations, an undoubtedly international institution, U.S. President Donald Trump delivered an message that embodied his America First slogan

Social media had a field day trolling NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte after his attempt to get a reaction from U.S. President Donald Trump over Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s shoes failed on camera

The Hotel Angerer in Vilseck, near Nuremberg, opened its doors in 1557 and has seen out plagues, the Thirty Years’ War pillaging — but may not survive Donald Trump

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth then blindsided Poland last week by cancelling an upcoming deployment of 4,000 rotational troops

The abrupt policy reversal leaves NATO allies wondering to what extent the United States will defend Europe

Officials also see a chance to move ahead with sanctions previously blocked by the government of Viktor Orbán, the former Hungarian prime minister

The annual ritual that is the Victory Day Parade in Moscow serves a dual purpose

EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels this morning to discuss the latest on Ukraine, the Middle East, and the western Balkans

The remarks come nearly five weeks into a widening conflict involving US and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets, followed by retaliatory measures from Tehran

The president spoke out online while the UAE’s largest gas plant and a key Kuwait oil refinery were among Iran’s latest targets

American journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Baghdad

The plurilateral Joint Statement Initiative (JSI) on e-commerce includes provisions on digital flows, electronic contracts and privacy and consumer protection

Oslo’s willingness to start talks is yet another example of how European countries are shifting their security strategies in the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine and worries about relying on the U.S. following Donald Trump’s reelection

An Iranian drone has reportedly struck a US Navy base in Bahrain as Tehran retaliates to ongoing US-Israeli strikes across the country

Explosions rock Abu Dhabi as Iranian missiles trigger emergency alerts, one person is killed by falling shrapnel, and Dubai’s iconic Fairmont The Palm suffers blast damage with multiple injuries reported

The latest release of documents tied to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation sent fresh shockwaves through Hollywood, sweeping up boldface names across music, film and royalty

Andrew Lownie, whose searing 2025 biography of former British prince Andrew Mountbattern-Windsor and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson laid bare their profligate lifestyle and reckless impunity, recently asked his sources if Andrew was worried about fresh revelations over his links to Jeffrey Epstein

The former Prince Andrew was officially stripped of his royal titles in late 2025 as a result of his ties with Epstein, given new scrutiny after the House Oversight Committee released a trove of files last year

Speaking at a security conference in Munich after months of turmoil in U.S.-European relations sparked by President Donald Trump's vows to seize Greenland and his often derisive remarks about allies, Washington's top diplomat struck a markedly soothing tone

Sweden's Princess Sofia has broken her silence on her links with Jeffrey Epstein as she admitted to meeting the paedophile at two social events

Members of the political elite are facing near-immediate consequences as the ongoing dump of Jeffrey Epstein files reveals their association with the convicted sex offender

Norway's white-collar crimes police have opened an investigation into Thorbjoern Jagland, former prime minister and foreign minister and ex-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize committee, on suspicion of aggravated corruption

Norway's white-collar crimes police have opened an investigation into Thorbjoern Jagland, former prime minister and foreign minister and ex-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize committee, on suspicion of aggravated corruption

Mona Juul, the Scandinavian nation's ambassador to Jordan and Iraq, is among several high-profile Norwegian figures swept up in the latest Epstein file release

Lang's correspondence with Epstein raises questions about their relationship

Norwegians under scrutiny include crown princess and former PM Jagland

Hours after Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen traveled to Washington for talks with US officials, several European countries began sending military personnel to Greenland for joint exercises with Denmark

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide arrived in Kyiv on Monday 12 January

The president also relied even more heavily on Cuban counterintelligence and bodyguards, more trusted than Venezuelans, with the latter not allowed to use mobile phones