Nobel Peace Prize

Nadia Murad: from militants’ slave to Nobel laureate

Nadia Murad survived the worst cruelties inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, before becoming a… Read More

Aung San Suu Kyi won’t be stripped of Nobel Peace Prize: committee

The Nobel Peace Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi will not be withdrawn in the… Read More

Malala makes first trip to Pakistan since Taliban attack

ISLAMABAD: Nobel laureate and girls' education activist Malala Yousafzai arrived in Pakistan early Thursday morning… Read More

Has Donald Trump really been nominated for Nobel Peace Prize?

Like last year, Trump was nominated for his "ideology of peace through strength" by an… Read More

Nobel Peace Prize winners warn nuclear war is ‘a tantrum away’

OSLO, NORWAY: Mankind's destruction caused by a nuclear war is just one "impulsive tantrum away",… Read More

Nobel-winning Hiroshima survivor laments nuclear ‘insanity’

OSLO, NORWAY: Setsuko Thurlow, 85, was 13 years old when she was rescued from the… Read More

Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo dies

BEIJING: Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, who was being treated for late-stage liver cancer,… Read More

Malala ‘heartbroken’ over Trump’s refugees, immigrants ban

NEW YORK: Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani student activist and Nobel Peace laureate, has said she was… Read More

China protests Dalai Lama meeting with Indian president

BEIJING: China has objected to the Dalai Lama meeting with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee earlier… Read More

Colombian president receives Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said an accord to end a 52-year civil war… Read More

Laureates to receive Nobel Prizes, except Bob Dylan

OSLO, NORWAY: In the absence of rock icon Bob Dylan, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos… Read More

Colombian President Santos wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO/BOGOTA: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for… Read More

The winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2016 is anyone’s guess

OSLO: A veteran Russian rights activist, or the architects of the Iranian nuclear accord? The… Read More

Colombia tipped for Nobel Peace Prize after deal to end war

OSLO: A Colombian peace accord ending a half-century of war is widely tipped for the Nobel… Read More

Malala urges world leaders to act for refugee children

UNITED NATIONS: Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday urged world leaders gathered for the… Read More

Gul Makai turns 19 today as the world celebrates ‘Malala Day’

KARACHI: Here’s to you Malala Yousafzai, a very happy 19th birthday on a day when… Read More

Snowden, Colombia, Greek islanders among Nobel Peace Prize tips

OSLO: Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, peace negotiators in Colombia or Greek islanders… Read More

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Tunisia’s guardians of democracy

OSLO: The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded on Thursday to four organisations that helped… Read More

Tunis Quartet for democratic transition wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO: The Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 has been awarded to the National Dialogue Quartet… Read More

Beating parasites wins three scientists Nobel Prize for Medicine

STOCKHOLM: Three scientists from Japan, China and Ireland whose discoveries led to the development of… Read More