Police in Norway have opened a corruption investigation into the country's former Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland over his alleged links to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The White House sharply criticized the Nobel Committee on Friday for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to a Venezuelan opposition leader instead of U.S. President Donald Trump, accusing the panel of prioritizing “politics over peace.”

The Norwegian Nobel Committee is set to reveal the recipient of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in Oslo.

Representatives of Azerbaijan’s civil society, public activists, family members of the January 20 martyrs, and veterans of January 20 have addressed an open letter to the Chairman and members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, News.Az reports, citing AZERTAC.

Japanese atomic bomb survivor organization Nihon Hidankyo won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of the organization’s efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.