Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Will Donald Trump get it? Has he hurt his chances?

As the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 nears, Donald Trump’s public campaign and attacks on the Nobel Committee may have ruined his chances of winning. He faces criticism for his campaign, rhetoric, and controversial peace claims. US President Donald Trump...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Why US Prez Donald Trump Has Paper-Thin Chance Of Bagging Award Despite Nominations?

The world is eagerly awaiting Friday, October 10, the day the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced. This globally esteemed honour often comes with its share of complexities and debates, given the sensitive and subjective nature of peace itself....

Keir Starmer under pressure to tackle Christian persecution after Islamist massacre of 270 exposes 'blind-spot'

Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to do more to tackle Christian persecution after Islamists massacred 270 worshippers in Nigeria. The attack, known as the Yelwata massacre, took place in the predominantly Christian town on June 13. More than 40...

Refugees Speak Back: Unsettling Exile and Home

In 2007, the Red Sea Press published Sadia Hassanen’s Repatriation, Integration, or Resettlement? The Dilemmas of Migration among Eritrean Refugees in Eastern Sudan. Based on her doctoral dissertation, the book quickly became one of the most...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Why is Donald Trump most unlikely to win despite nominations?

Donald Trump claims he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for ending wars, but experts say his policies defy Alfred Nobel’s vision of peace and cooperation. Donald Trump claims he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. All eyes, including those of...

Lots of Arts and Culture Events to Chew Over This Weekend

"Boca Chica" Wild and Scenic Film Festival Thursday 25, AFS Cinema The Austin Film Society teams up with Environment Texas Research & Policy Center to shine a light on environmental challenges facing Texas. Six shorts will be screened including...

Ethiopia’s Hydropower Success Exemplifies “Convergent Governance”

Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed delivers his remarks during the official inauguration ceremony of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, on September 9, 2025. (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The...

GERD at Dawn: Ethiopia’s Triumph and the Nile’s Uncertainty

A symbol of ambition, the dam reshapes power, pride, and peril. The 9 September inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) marks a defining moment in Ethiopia’s modern history, a testament to perseverance and ambition. Prime...

Twi, a Ghanaian Language, Traced to Arabic (Syriac)

If the whole world, some 6,000 years ago, spoke a common language according to Genesis 11:1-9, then there must be traces of that ancient language — Syriac — in the many languages spoken across the world today. Using the Twi language spoken in...

Here are the countries where it's hardest to access the Bible: list

A man reading the Bible. | Getty ImagesNearly three-dozen countries have either "extreme" or "severe" restrictions on accessing the Bible, preventing millions of believers from reading God's Word, according to a new report from a Christian...

Can Donald Trump’s Gaza plan win him the Nobel Peace Prize?

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize announcement is scheduled for Friday, and much of the attention this year revolves around one name: Donald J Trump. The US President, who has long expressed his desire to win the world’s most coveted peace award, has...

Russia-Africa: Current Challenges

The face of Africa and its global perception are changing dramatically. Until recently, thanks to the efforts of the West and its proxies, the continent was portrayed as an object, not a subject, of international politics, in need of external...

ICE Detainees in New York Jails Can’t Talk to Their Lawyers

While Ramon Eduardo Contreras-Hernandez was detained at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Batavia earlier this year, he regularly saw attorneys visiting their clients, giving him some sense of connection to the outside...

Home Office loses bid to speed up deportation under Starmer’s one in, one out migrant scheme

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IIT ROPAR, HITS CHENNAI LAUNCH SOUTHERN INDIA’S FIRST CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS LAB

Face2News/Ropar/Chandigarh The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, with support from the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, proudly...

Nigerian passport and monetization of citizenship

By Agbeze Kalu Onuma I have always believed that a passport is more than a booklet of paper; it is a key, a symbol, a bridge between where we are and where we dream to be. It is a tangible manifestation of the social contract between the...

Can Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Analysts speaking to ABC News explained that the Norwegian committee that selects the laureate typically focuses on “durable peace, the promotion of international fraternity and the quiet work of institutions that support those aims.” They noted...

Home Office loses bid to speed up deportation under Starmer’s one in, one out migrant scheme

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Libyan National Army extends migrant crisis olive branch to UK but claims 'we don’t need money' to fix problems

Military commanders from Libya's eastern forces have extended an offer to collaborate with Britain on intercepting and returning undocumented migrants before they attempt Channel crossings. The Libyan National Army, which controls the country's...

Russian Nuclear Energy Diplomacy; New Fano Offensive in Ethiopia: Africa File, October 2, 2025

To receive the weekly Africa File or triweekly Congo War Security Review via email, please subscribe here. Follow CTP on X, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Key Takeaways: Russia. Russia signed an agreement with Ethiopia to construct a nuclear power plant....