Saudi’s Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS

Medea Benjamin and Ariel Gold / Independent Media Institute Mar 18, 2020 Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman wants the world to believe he is the Arab world’s liberal reformer, but he he has imprisoned women as foreign agents and spies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Africa Starts Decade Battling Hunger, Extremism, Ebola

ANDREW MELDRUM / The Associated Press Jan 1, 2020 Two major cyclones in Mozambique in 2019 also prompt worries that the country may be prone to more storms as a result of climate change. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Russia Isn’t Getting the Recognition It Deserves on Syria

Scott Ritter / Truthdig Oct 30, 2019 The U.S. and its allies are unlikely to ever acknowledge the diplomacy it marshaled to preserve peace in increasingly volatile region. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: The Obama Disappointment

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Aug 31, 2019 The 44th president failed in foreign policy and saw a rise in racial tensions: The "Hope and Change" candidate could not deliver. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

2 Norwegian Lawmakers Nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

The Associated Press Jun 13, 2018 The lawmakers say the U.S. president has "taken a huge and important step in the direction of the disarmament, peace and reconciliation between North and South Korea." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Team Heads to Singapore to Prepare in Case Summit Is a Go

CATHERINE LUCEY, ZEKE MILLER AND MATTHEW PENNINGTON / The Associated Press May 26, 2018 After cancellation of the June 12 summit between President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un, there are signs that the meeting could get back on track as originally planned. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Cancels Summit, Citing ‘Open Hostility’ by North Korea

CATHERINE LUCEY and ZEKE MILLER / The Associated Press May 24, 2018 The president calls off the much-touted June 12 meeting with Kim Jong Un in response to new threats and a derogatory reference to Vice President Mike Pence by the North. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Nobel for S. Korea Leader? Moon Says Trump Can Take It if Peace Is Won.

HYUNG-JIN KIM / The Associated Press Apr 30, 2018 Moon Jae-in shakes off a suggestion that he receive the Nobel Peace Prize; Donald Trump can take it, he says, as long as the Koreas receive peace in return. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Urges World to Ban Nukes

The Associated Press Dec 10, 2017 Setsuko Thurlow, who was 13 when a U.S. atomic bomb devastated Hiroshima, heads a group that is urging 50 countries to ratify an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Group Opposing Nuclear Weapons Wins Nobel Prize

By The Associated Press Oct 6, 2017 The award went to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, composed of activists pushing for a global treaty to ban the cataclysmic bombs. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Dylan, the American Left, and What We Have Lost

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Oct 14, 2016 Bob Dylan would no doubt be as distressed as the American corporate media to see an ideological interpretation of his 1960s anthems that helped win him the Nobel Prize in Literature. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Facing Hate With Elie Wiesel

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2016 "We must speak We must take sides," the late Holocaust survivor, Nobel laureate and author told Bill Moyers in this timeless interview We must take sides". Dig deeper ( 29 Min. Read )