Tributes are being paid to former UN chief Kofi Annan who died on Saturday after a short illness with the current UN Secretary-General describing him as a guiding force for good and a true inspiration.

The Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 went to the United Nations and its Secretary-General Kofo Annan, the incarnation of the dedicated diplomat. In 2006, the secretary-general from Ghana wrapped up his second term, after ten years in office. He handed over to Ban Ki-Moon, from South Korea

Sara Danius said the scandal has "already affected the Nobel Prize quite severely".

Youngest-ever Nobel Laureate, Malala Yousafzai, has returned home to the Swat Valley in Pakistan for first time since she was shot there by the Taliban in 2012.

Nobel prize week culminates in a glittering ceremony for all eleven male laureates

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons has received this year's Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo

Beatrice Fihn from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons calls on all nuclear states to disarm.

U.S. economist Richard Thaler won the 2017 Nobel Economics Prize for his contributions in the field of behavioural economics, showing how human

In this edition of State of the Union: Following the referendum in Catalonia and the robust police force used by the Spanish authorities, the

A little-known international campaign group seeking a ban on nuclear weapons has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Based in Geneva, the group describes itself as a coalition of grassroots non-government groups in more than 100 nations.

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons given prestigious award.

British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro has been announced as the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Who will win the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize? The bookmakers think the names on this list are in the running.

A trio of Swiss, American and British scientists won the 2017 Nobel chemistry prize on Wednesday for developing cryo-electron microscopy, allowing