A bomb devastated the main government building in Norway’s capital Oslo on Friday, killing seven people, and a gunman wounded five people hours later in a shooting at a youth camp, state media reported.

Twin shooting and bomb attacks left at least 87 dead as a Norwegian gunman disguised as a policeman opened fire at a youth camp and a bomb blast tore through government buildings in downtown Oslo.

A huge explosion rocked the building of Norway's biggest tabloid newspaper VG and the government's headquarters in Oslo on Friday, leaving at least several people injured, local media reported.

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Militants staged twin bomb and shooting attacks against Norway's government Friday, as a deadly explosion ripped through ministry buildings and a gunman opened fire at a meeting of the ruling party.

WikiLeaks documents published in a Norwegian newspaper indicate that Israel would have 10-12 minutes’ warning if Iran launched rockets against that country.

Clapping solemnly, dignitaries in Norway celebrated this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, with an empty chair.

Norwegian police say one of the country's busiest airports has been evacuated as bomb experts investigate a suspicious bag for possible explosives.

Oscar-winning Indian musician A.R. Rahman has joined pop stars Barry Manilow and Jamiroquai in the lineup of artistes for the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo. Rahman, who won two Academy Awards for his Slumdog Millionaire score, will feature in the December 11 show honouring this year’s laureate, imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.

Jailed Chinese pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for decades of non-violent struggle for human rights, infuriating China, which called the award “an obscenity”.

Whales and dolphins should get “human rights” to life and liberty because of mounting evidence of their intelligence, a group of conservationists and experts in philosophy, law and ethics said on Sunday.