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The peace prize rules made it hard for the US president to win this year. But that doesn’t rule him out for 2026.
Donald Trump might seem like an unlikely candidate, but previous winners have come in for criticism too.
The voices of the Hibakusha offer not only memory, but also moral clarity in an age of growing peril.
Trump has been nominated for the world’s most coveted peace prize by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu who says the US president is ending conflicts across the globe.
President Trump is talking up a proposed 60-day ceasefire deal in Gaza. But recent history shows a truce is unlikely to lead to lasting peace.
Jimmy Carter won the Nobel peace prize for his efforts to bring peaceful solutions to conflicts, and won global recognition his foreign policy work.
Nihon Hidankyo is not alone in winning the Nobel peace prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.
Like the Japanese atomic survivors who were awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, Godzilla has a message to share.
The 2024 Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Japanese anti-nuclear group, Nihon Hidankyo.
Winning a Nobel Prize is a rare achievement, but some researchers have been awarded more than one.
Iranian women are still pressing for women’s rights and equality, just in quieter forms, including not wearing mandatory hair covers. Imprisoned activists are also leaking messages to others.
Beloved in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter became the 39th US president and used his office to make human rights a priority throughout the world.
The Nobel Peace Prize has recognized some legendary leaders and peace activists, but it has a mixed track record of recognizing people who actually deserve the prize.
Peace can become political when advocates oppose or try to reform governments and societies pursuing hostile foreign relations — or when these societies perpetuate injustice and oppression at home.
A Calgary refugee health clinic documented the stories of 242 Yazidi genocide survivors, recounting enslavement, slaughter and forced indoctrination.
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko will put a lot at risk if he decides to get fully involved in military action in Ukraine.
A co-laureate of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, the founder of the human rights centre Viasna is the fourth person in the history of the Nobel to receive this award while in prison.
Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings, which earned him a global following, gave simple instructions on mindfulness and emphasized how it could be practiced anytime, even when doing routine chores.
In his brief life, Martin Luther King Jr. had a variety of interests that informed his work as leader of the civil rights movement. His alma mater has collected some objects that tell his story.
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