FIFA announces new peace prize
FIFA has created a new annual award called the FIFA Peace Prize to be awarded for the first time during the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, world soccer's governing body said Wednesday.
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Norwegian Nobel Institute to investigate possible leaks over peace prize
The Norwegian Nobel Institute will investigate whether leaks preceded Friday鈥檚 award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado because of suspicious betting...
Venezuela鈥檚 Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to Venezuela鈥檚 opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, a 鈥榰nifying鈥� figure in what has become a 鈥榖rutal鈥� state,聽 the Nobel jury said.
Trump wants Nobel but 鈥榝orgotten鈥� peacemakers more likely: experts
US president Donald Trump has made it clear he wants the Nobel Peace Prize when it is announced next week but experts predict he has little chance against those toiling on forgotten causes outside the limelight.
President Trump says not winning Nobel would be insult to US
President Donald Trump said Tuesday it would be an 鈥榠nsult鈥� to the United States if he does not receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his self-proclaimed role in solving multiple wars.
Mohammadi warns of 鈥榯emptation鈥� of nuclear arms
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi warned Wednesday, on the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, that the 鈥榯emptation鈥� for countries to pursue nuclear arms was growing...
Trump confirms DRC-Rwanda peace deal, gripes about Nobel
US president Donald Trump took credit Friday for a peace deal negotiated in Washington between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda鈥攁nd complained that he would not get a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.
Iran Nobel winner addresses French parliament
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on Thursday called for an 鈥榚nd鈥� to the Islamic republic and urged human rights to be a precondition of any negotiation with Tehran as she...
Malala tells Muslim leaders not to 鈥榣egitimise鈥� Taliban
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders on Sunday not to legitimise the Afghan Taliban government and to 鈥榮how true leadership鈥� over their assault on women鈥檚 rights.
Thousands sign UK petition for Pelicot to win Nobel Peace Prize
Thousands of people on Thursday signed a UK petition calling for Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, for her response to the discovery that she had been drugged and...
Malala to visit Pakistan for girls鈥� summit
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai will attend an international summit on girls鈥� education hosted by her native Pakistan, where she was nearly killed by militants as a schoolgirl.
Mohammadi defiant despite imprisonment
Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, says her body may be weakened from her long imprisonment but she still has a mind of 鈥榮teel鈥�, according to an interview published on Thursday.
Bangladesh interim govt head Yunus greets Japan's group on winning Nobel
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday congratulated Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese atomic bomb survivors鈥� group, on its winning of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024.
Japanese atomic bomb survivor group wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to Japan鈥檚 Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors and anti-nuclear campaigners, at a...
Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Mohammadi urges action against 鈥榦ppression鈥� of women
Jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on Monday urged the international community to act to end the 鈥榦ppression鈥� of women in Iran, two years after the start of a women-led protest movement....
Jailed Iranian Nobel winner denied medical care: UN
UN experts on Tuesday accused Iran of denying jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi proper healthcare, saying she reportedly suffered physical violence earlier this month...
Yunus urges world to 鈥榚nd violence鈥� in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi nobel peace prize laureate Muhammad Yunus urged the international community on Monday to stop the deadly violence that has wracked his country since students started protesting against civil service hiring rules...
PM orders bolstering market monitoring
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the commerce ministry for increasing market monitoring to check the price hike of essentials...
Northern Irish Nobel Laureate nominates Myanmar activist for 2024 Peace Prize
Renowned Northern Irish peace activist Mairead Corrigan Maguire, also recipient of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize, has nominated the UK-exiled Myanmar human rights activist and genocide scholar Maung Zarni for the prestigious prize.....
