The Nobel Peace Prize, which is set to be announced on Friday, is one of the most prestigious honours, awarded to those who have made significant contributions to advancing peace and resolving conflicts. Over the years, it has recognised quiet diplomacy, long-term efforts, and lasting impacts on global harmony. Against this backdrop, US President Donald…
Last Updated:October 06, 2025, 07:00 IST If US President Donald Trump’s plan ends the Gaza war, it would be a peace achievement on a historic scale. But it is a big ‘if’ US President Donald Trump with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (Image: AFP/File) The world is tired of war, and one man says he has…
Describing Donald Trump as “a man of peace”, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday said his country nominated the US President for the Nobel Peace Prize for his “outstanding contribution” to promote peace in South Asia following the conflict with India. In his address to the General Debate of the 80th session of the UN…
U.S. President Donald Trump is “hurting his chances” of winning the Nobel Peace Prize he has long coveted, former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta told Newsweek. Trump has for years said he feels he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, one of the world’s best-known accolades. The Republican has at once styled himself a “peacemaker-in-chief,” tasked…
Washington — Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and President Trump’s former rival on the presidential campaign trail, said Friday that if Mr. Trump secures an end to the war in Ukraine without Kyiv ceding territory to Russia, she would nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize herself. Clinton made the comments on the…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s security services have threatened the life of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi after her native country’s war with Israel, the Norwegian Nobel Committee and activists said Friday. Mohammadi said that the threats have come through both her lawyer and other indirect channels as she’s kept up public…
A senior Ukrainian lawmaker who nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize has withdrawn it, as peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow slip under the radar and the president keeps his sights fixed on the Middle East. Oleksandr Merezhko, the head of Ukraine’s parliamentary foreign committee, told Newsweek on Tuesday he had…
President Donald Trump has renewed his long-standing grievance over not being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. Posting on Truth Social on Friday night, Trump cited a peace deal he said his administration helped broker between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda as evidence of his worthiness, before declaring that he would be overlooked for…
Pakistan has announced its nomination of President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, crediting him with averting a major conflict in South Asia at a time when the U.S. leader is contemplating intervention in the Middle East. “The Government of Pakistan has decided to formally recommend President Donald J. Trump for the 2026 Nobel…
US President Donald Trump reignited his calls for a Nobel Peace Prize soon after Pakistan nominated him for the prestigious award. Claiming that he played key diplomatic efforts across several global conflict zones, including India-Pakistan and the Congo-Rwanda crisis, Trump said that he should have won the prize 4-5 times by now. Pakistan Field Marshal…