The Dalai Lama is out of the hospital
NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama was released Friday from the hospital in New Delhi where he was admitted Tuesday for a lung infection, told AFP spokesman. The 83-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader left…
PM Imran says not ‘worthy’ of Nobel Prize
–Says person worthy of award would be one who resolves Kashmir issue according to Kashmiris’ aspirations ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said he “was not worthy” of the Nobel Peace Prize.…
Pakistanis sign petition calling for Nobel Peace Prize to PM Imran
ISLAMABAD: More than 300,000 people have signed online petitions calling for Prime Minister Imran Khan to receive a Nobel Peace Prize after he freed an Indian pilot in a bid to defuse…
Nobel Peace prize winners seek justice for war rape victims
OSLO: This year’s Nobel Peace Prize winners on Sunday called for justice for the victims of sexual violence in conflicts around the world, a day before they will receive the award for their…
Congolese doctor, Yazidi activist win Nobel Peace Prize for combating sexual violence
OSLO: Denis Mukwege, a doctor who helps victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State,…
Nadia Murad, Denis Mukwege win Nobel Peace Prize
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has gone to campaigners against rape in warfare, Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege, BBC reported. Ms Murad is an Iraqi Yazidi who was tortured and raped by…
BJP leader ‘nominates’ PM Modi for Nobel Peace Prize
Indian ruling party, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Tamil Nadu unit President Tamilisai Soundararjan said she has ‘nominated’ Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Nobel Peace Prize for launching the ‘world’s largest’ health scheme.…
Nobel Institute cancels peace prize concert due to lack of funds
OSLO: The traditional concert after the annual awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10 in Oslo will not be staged this year due to financial difficulties, the organisers said Tuesday.…
Trump should win Nobel Peace Prize, says South Korea’s Moon
SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in said US President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the standoff with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, a…
Iran unrest start of a ‘big movement’: Nobel Peace Prize-winner Ebadi
ROME: The unrest in Iran is just “the beginning of a big movement” that could be more widespread than the demonstrations of 2009, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi said in…
Envoys of nuclear capable countries to skip Nobel event
OSLO: Breaking with tradition, nearly all ambassadors of the world’s nuclear powers will not attend this year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony which honours efforts to ban atomic weapons, the Nobel Institute said…
Hiroshima survivor, ICAN to jointly receive Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO: An 85-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima will jointly accept the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize together with this year’s laureate, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN said…
Anti-nuclear campaign ICAN wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
STOCKHOLM: Nuclear disarmament group ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its decade-long campaign to rid the world of the atomic bomb as nuclear-fuelled crises swirl over North Korea and…
Anti-nuclear campaign ICAN wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO: Nuclear disarmament group International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its decade-long campaign to rid the world of the atomic bomb as nuclear-fuelled…
Anti-nuclear efforts head the field for Friday’s Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo: Efforts to limit or reverse the spread of nuclear weapons head the field for Friday’s Nobel Peace Prize but face likely competition from the UN refugee agency, Syrian do-it-yourself rescuers and…
Nobel’s shinning stars who did not live up to expectations
Praised to the skies and bearing great hopes, they went on to disappoint the world: as the case of Aung San Suu Kyi shows, Nobel Peace Prize winners have not always lived…
Rohingya crisis: Nobel institute urged to strip Dalai Lama of peace prize
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani citizen, Sawar Satti, has filed a petition with the chair of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee to immediately confiscate the Nobel peace prize awarded to the 14th Dalai Lama…