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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 3:16 PM IST

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 11:04 AM IST

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 9:26 PM IST

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 4:04 PM IST

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani student activist and Nobel Peace laureate. (Photo: AP/File)World
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 2:06 PM IST

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 3:18 PM IST

US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Photo: AP)World
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 1:05 PM IST

He said he had received a five-page letter from Abe informing him that he had nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize. (Photo:AP)World
'Japan PM nominated me for Nobel Peace Prize' claims Donald Trump

Donald Trump claimed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize over his outreach to...

16 Feb 2019 11:19 AM IST

The Tibetan spiritual leader has been admitted to a private hospital in New Delhi with a chest infection. (File Photo)World
We will approve Dalai Lama's successsor: China

China on Wednesday asserted that any successor to the Dalai Lama should have its approval.

10 April 2019 4:35 PM IST

Nelson Mandela (Photo: AP)World
Celebrating Nelson Mandela International Day, his legacy

In 1994 general elections, Mandela became South Africa's first black president after the African National Congress...

18 July 2019 2:22 PM IST

Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad and Dr Denis Mukwege for their work in fighting sexual violence in conflicts around the world. (Photo: File)World
'They gave you Nobel for what?' Trump asks Yazidi activist Nadia Murad

Trump said, 'And you had the Nobel Prize? That's incredible. They gave it to you for what reason?'

18 July 2019 9:15 AM IST

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani student activist and Nobel Peace laureate. (Photo: AP/File)World
We can all live in peace: Malala's appeal for peaceful resolution of...

'There is no need for us to continue to suffer and hurt each other,' she said.

8 Aug 2019 1:09 PM IST

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