The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) won the Nobel Peace Prize for working to eliminate the scourge that has haunted generations from the First World War to the battlefields of Syria.

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Peace Prize came with a warning — take care EU, if you want to survive.

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said the Nobel Peace Prize she won while under house arrest 21 years ago helped to shatter her sense of isolation and ensured that the world would demand democracy in her military-controlled homeland.

Three women have won the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of the importance of women’s roles in the spread of global peace, writes Bjoern Amland.

The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for their work on women’s rights.

THE Arab Spring is the focus of speculation over this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, with an Afghan human rights activist and the European Union as possible outsiders.

THE Norwegian Nobel Committee says it has received a record 241 nominations for the 2011 peace prize.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it had received a record 241 nominations for the 2011 peace prize.

Only one of about 140 Chinese activists invited by the wife of jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has confirmed he will attend the prize ceremony in Oslo, according to an organiser of the guest list.

The Nobel Peace Prize may not be handed out this year because no one from jailed Chinese dissident award-winner Liu Xiaobo’s family is likely to attend the ceremony, the award committee said today.

IMPRISONED Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize yesterday for using non-violence to demand fundamental human rights in his homeland.

Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize today for “his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights” – an award sure to infuriate the Chinese government.

Norway has reacted with fury after Iran seized Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi’s medal and other pro-democracy accolades.

THREE of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee had objections to the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to US President Barack Obama, the Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang (VG) reported yesterday.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said US President Barack Obama does not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kenyan radio shows interrupted their programming and bus conductors shouted the news from the windows: President Barack Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize.

A “HUMBLED” US President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize yesterday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and co-operation rather than unilateralism.

A SURPRISED world greeted the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama with a mixture of praise and scepticism.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen today congratulated President Barack Obama on behalf of the Irish people on winning the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize.

President Barack Obama today won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”

Burma’s military rulers disbarred a prominent lawyer who applied to defend pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in her forthcoming trial, the lawyer said today.

Martti Ahtisaari has received the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize for mediating in some of the world’s thorniest conflicts.

Finland’s ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize today for his efforts in places as diverse as East Timor and the Balkans.

Hollywood film star Sharon Stone will co-host this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Concert in the Norwegian capital Oslo, the prize committee confirmed today.

A Finn who helped mediate peace in Indonesia is tipped to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, while bookmakers favour a Turkish novelist for the literature award.

Nuclear watchdog agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei warned today in accepting the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize that humanity faces a choice between nuclear weapons and survival.

MOHAMED ELBARADEI and the International Atomic Energy Agency that he heads won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize yesterday for their efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.

Royalty, scientists, business leaders and diplomats gathered in the capitals of Sweden and Norway today to honour this year’s 12 Nobel laureates from Kenya, Austria, Israel and the United States.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai was today set to warn that the planet is under attack from a litany of threats, ranging from disease, deforestation and war, and urge a shift in human thinking to save the earth.

IRAN’S Shirin Ebadi became the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday and sent a bold anti-war message to the West, accusing it of hiding behind the September 11 attacks to violate human rights.

IRANIAN writer Shirin Ebadi, a female human rights and democracy activist, was awarded the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize yesterday.

FORMER US President Jimmy Carter has won the Nobel Peace Prize for his peace mediation efforts and promotion of human rights.

Football and an Israeli traitor have been nominated for the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize.