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Nobel sideshow

Suu Kyi is possibly in good company, with winners who, ironically, represent what the prize shouldn't stand for.

8 Oct 2017 7:50 PM GMT

From winners who are famous to those who have been forgotten and western domination in Nobel, a list of the must knows of the Nobel prize (Representational Image)

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Here's a look at the past winners of Nobel Peace Prize

Whoever is awarded this year's prize on Friday will join a list of 130 memorable victors since 1901.

6 Oct 2017 5:42 AM GMT

Myanmars State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a televised speech to the nation at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Photo: AP)

World

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Oxford honour over...

A cross-party motion was unanimously passed by the council on Tuesday, which said it was 'no longer appropriate' for her...

4 Oct 2017 11:25 AM GMT

The #metoo movement, which began last year while dealing with Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinsteins male chauvinistic behavior, has influenced the decision on the Peace Nobel. (Representational image)

Opinion

Apt Nobel for peace

We know how rampant misogyny has become when the US President mocks a survivor of sexual abuse.

6 Oct 2018 7:58 PM GMT

At the Bukavu hospital, which serves as a clinic for gynaecological and obstetric care, he lives under the permanent protection of UN peacekeepers. (Photo: AP)

Newsmakers

Denis Mukwege: Healer of DR Congo's wounds becomes Nobel laureate

Nobel Peace Prize co-winner had been repeatedly nominated for work with gang rape victims from conflicts that have...

5 Oct 2018 9:55 AM GMT

Today, Murad and her friend Lamia Haji Bashar, joint recipients of the EUs 2016 Sakharov human rights prize, continue the fight for the 3,000 Yazidis who remain missing, presumed still in captivity. (Photo: AP)

Newsmakers

Nadia Murad: From jihadist slave to Nobel laureate

Murad and Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege were jointly awarded prize for efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a...

5 Oct 2018 9:46 AM GMT

Myanmars de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi looks on during the 9th Asean summit in Manila. (Photo: AFP)

World

Amnesty International strips Aung San Suu Kyi of highest honour

Amnesty International said it was revoking Ambassador of Conscience Award it gave Suu Kyi in 2009 while she was still...

13 Nov 2018 5:34 AM GMT

Malala said the Taliban knew women will get empowered by education and therefore they were against girls going to school as they did not want women to be equal to men. (Photo: AP)

World

Need to teach boys to be men: Malala Yousafzai at WEF

Malala, said she realised education was not just about reading books but about the empowerment of women too.

25 Jan 2018 3:56 PM GMT

Newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: AP)

World

Trump should win Nobel Peace Prize, says South Korea's President

Moon and Kim Jong-un pledged to end hostilities between 2 countries and work towards the complete denuclearisation of...

30 April 2018 10:34 AM GMT

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani student activist and Nobel Peace laureate. (Photo: AP/File)

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Waited to return for 5 yrs: Malala back to London after Pak visit

Malala arrived in Islamabad on Mar 29, 6 yrs after she was shot by a gunman for campaigning for female education in 2012...

2 April 2018 8:36 AM GMT

$Born in the western town of Beshasha to a Muslim father and Christian mother, Abiy \grew up sleeping on the floor\ in a house that lacked electricity and running water. (Photo: Twitter)$ World

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

Ahmed was awarded for his efforts to resolve his country's conflict with bitter foe Eritrea, the Nobel Committee said.

11 Oct 2019 9:48 AM GMT

US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Photo: AP)

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Report says Japan's PM nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize on US...

Japan's Shinzo Abe nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after receiving a request from the US...

18 Feb 2019 7:35 AM GMT