OSLO, Oct 17, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Norway evacuated its embassy in Beirut on Thursday after the building housing it received a bomb threat, the foreign ministry said.

"We can confirm that the building where the Norwegian embassy in Beirut is located has received a bomb threat today," ministry spokeswoman Ragnhild Haland Simenstad told AFP in a written statement. The small number of staff still working there had been evacuated.