Nuclear disarmament coalition wins the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) for drawing "attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based…
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Rejected FARC deal earns Colombian president the Nobel Peace Prize
On Friday, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to negotiate a treaty with the guerrilla group FARC and put an end to the longest-running war in the Western Hemisphere. The honor was…
Colombian president gets this year’s Nobel Peace Prize
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to forge an agreement with FARC rebels to end the country’s 52-year civil war. Just last Sunday, Colombians rejected that landmark deal, sending it back to…
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Tunisian mediators for aiding country’s transition to democracy
The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet won the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for its role in the building of a pluralistic democracy" in the country following the Jasmine Revolution in 2011.
Malala Yousafzai said she was “very proud” to represent her country Pakistan in winning the Nobel Peace Prize, and in being the youngest Nobel recipient at age 17. “Along with that, I’m pretty certain that I’m also the first recipient…
World leaders and the United Nations spotlighted the problem of violence against women around the world during the U.N.'s third International Day of the Girl on Saturday.
