52 m. ago Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize just weeks after joint strike on Iran

Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu presented US President Donald Trump with the letter he sent to the Nobel Peace Prize committee nominating him during a dinner at the White House

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70 m. ago Israel leader Benjamin Netanyahu is nominating Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu took a victory lap on Monday to hail their recent joint strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities as an unmitigated success

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4 h. ago Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel peace prize at White House meeting expected to focus on Gaza

The prime minister made the announcement at a dinner with the president, with the US expected to push Israel to agree a Gaza ceasefireBenjamin Netanyahu told Donald Trump that he would nominate him for the Nobel peace prize on Monday, as the two leaders met for the first time since the US launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear program as part of a short-lived war between Israel and Iran.Trump was expected to press Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire in Israel’s 21-month-old war against Hamas in Gaza amid an outcry over the humanitarian cost of an offensive that has led to nearly 60,000 deaths, most of them Palestinian. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago The real reason Netanyahu nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize

ANALYSIS: Being nominated for a peace prize by Benjamin Netanyahu is akin to being nominated for a not breaking the law prize by Tony Soprano, writes Richard Hall.

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4 h. ago Israel's Netanyahu surprises Trump with coveted Nobel Peace Prize nomination as he gives update on Iran peace talks

President Donald Trump spoke before a dinner with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Monday. Their meeting came amid a push for a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

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5 h. ago Israel’s Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize amid hopes for Gaza ceasefire

Netanyahu has visited the White House two other times since Trump returned to office in January

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1 week ago Growing calls for Pakistan to rescind Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize nomination

Critics denounce nomination as act of ‘crass flattery’

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1 week ago Pakistan debates Trump Nobel peace prize nomination after US strikes on Iran

Pakistani government had credited US president with ‘pivotal leadership’ in its ceasefire negotiations with IndiaMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump’s intervention into the Iran-Israel war, and brokering then announcing a ceasefire, has drawn a heated debate in Pakistan – where the government had formally nominated the US president for the Nobel peace prize as the US military was making its final preparations for a strike that threatened all-out war in the Middle East.A statement in the early hours of Saturday local time – shortly before US B-2 bombers left the Whiteman air force base in Missouri and headed to Iran – had credited Trump for a “legacy of pragmatic diplomacy” and “pivotal leadership” for ensuring Pakistan’s ceasefire with India in a conflict that had begun with the killing of tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir in April. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ukrainian lawmaker who nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize withdraws it after ceasefire talks stall

Oleksandr Merezhko, the head of Ukraine's parliamentary foreign committee, said he had "lost any sort of faith and belief" in Trump and his ability to get a ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine

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2 w. ago Global alarm at US strikes on Iran amid fears conflict could spiral out of control

Politicians express ‘grave concern’ and urge all parties to de-escalate and return to talks on Iran’s nuclear programmeMiddle East crisis – latest updatesNations in the Middle East and beyond responded with alarm after US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday night as the EU and the UN called for immediate diplomacy, amid mounting fears that the war could trigger a wider escalation that could spiral out of control.Qatar, which hosts the biggest US military base in the Middle East, said on Sunday that it feared there could be serious repercussions regionally and internationally. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Pakistan says it wants to recommend Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize

Governments can nominate people for the Nobel Peace Prize

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2 w. ago Middle East crisis live: Ministers from Europe and Iran to hold talks; UN warns of ‘man

Ministers from UK, France and Germany will meet Abbas Araqchi after White House says Trump will ‘make a decision on whether to attack Iran within two weeks’Trump sets deadline of two weeks to decide if US will join Israel’s war on IranLiving in Iran: how have you been affected by the recent conflict?Living in Israel: how have you been affected by the recent conflict?The French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has spoken to the US secretary of state Marco Rubio ahead of a meeting in Geneva between foreign ministers from the UK, France and Germany and their Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi.The Geneva meeting is aimed at creating a pathway back to diplomacy over Iran’s nuclear programme. Continue reading...

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