4 h. ago Trump: President compares his Iran bombing to Truman nuking Japan in WWII

President Donald Trump celebrates his latest Middle East intervention at dinner with Benjamin Netanyahu, who revealed he has nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

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6 h. ago Donald Trump 'firm frontrunner' for Nobel Peace Prize as bookies slash odds

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was nominating US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize during a dinner at the White House. Ladbrokes has now slashed the odds to just 3/1

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9 h. ago Trump live: President compares his Iran bombing to Truman nuking Japan in WWII

President Donald Trump celebrates his latest Middle East intervention at dinner with Benjamin Netanyahu, who revealed he has nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

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11 h. ago Trump live: President admits Aug 1 tariff deadline could be extended again after demanding deals from allies

President Donald Trump concedes new deadline not ‘100 percent firm’ and could be shifted again at dinner with Benjamin Netanyahu, who revealed he has nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

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13 h. ago Trump gushes over Netanyahu after Nobel Peace Prize nomination: ‘An honour coming from you’

Donald Trump gushed over Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu after being presented with a Nobel Peace Prize nomination during their meeting at the White House on Monday (7 July).

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14 h. ago Israeli PM Netanyahu reveals he's nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize

‘Coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful,’ Trump said as Netanyahu revealed the peace prize nomination during a meeting at the White House

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16 h. 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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16 h. 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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19 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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19 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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20 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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20 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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5 d. ago Tibetans in exile wonder: Will the next Dalai Lama be as charismatic as this one?

The Dalai Lama has announced that he intends to reincarnate, paving the way for a successor to take on a mantle stretching back 500 years after his death

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5 d. ago Bangladesh tribunal sentences Hasina to jail for contempt over a claim she had a license to kill

A tribunal has sentenced Bangladesh’s former leader Sheikh Hasina to six months in jail after she was found in contempt of court for allegedly claiming she had a license to kill at least 227 people

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6 d. ago If Trump wants to earn the Nobel Peace Prize, he needs to get a grip on Israel

If Trump wants to earn the Nobel Peace Prize – which he thinks he already richly deserves – he needs to end the subsidies that allow Israel to make war, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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6 d. ago Trump’s Gaza ceasefire boasts will mean nothing unless he can get a grip on Israel

If Trump wants to earn the Nobel Peace Prize which he thinks he already richly deserves, he needs to end the subsidies that allow Israel to make war, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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6 d. ago Dalai Lama says there will be search for his successor after his death, ending years of speculation

Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader releases video statement in run-up to 90th birthday celebrationsThe Dalai Lama has said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending years of speculation that started when he indicated that he might be the last person to hold the role.Speaking at prayer celebrations ahead of his 90th birthday on Sunday, the Nobel peace prize-winning spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism said in a recorded statement that the next Dalai Lama should be found and recognised as per past Buddhist traditions. Continue reading...

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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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