President Pranab Mukherjee will join 52 other heads of state and government at memorial events for former South African president Nelson Mandela this week. South African Foreign Minister Maite......
US President Barack Obama was on Fridaynamed the surprise winner of 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his 'extraordinary' efforts to strengthen international diplomacy, hardly less than a year after......
Former Finnish President, United Nations diplomat and founder of the Crisis Management Initiative Martti Ahtisaari was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2008 to for his efforts, on several......
The United States on Monday formally recognised Kosovo as a sovereign and independent state and pledged to be its friend and partner. The formal announcement was made by the secretary of state......
In the first major fallout of the deadly bombing of United Nations Baghdad headquarters, two top officials of the world body, including its global security coordinator, were sent on leave as a......
Former US national security adviser Mark Pfeifle has said that microblogging site Twitter should win the Nobel Peace Prize for its role during the civil unrest in Iran. 'When traditional......