Pope Francis offered his "blessings and congratulations" to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden in a phone call on Thursday, seeking to rebuild rapport with Washington after four years of sometimes ...

Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Dalai Lama, our own Lester Pearson — just some of the names that justifiably have been honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize. Could that list ...

Donald Trump has criticised the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Barack Obama in 2009, stating, "They gave it to Obama for doing absolutely nothing but destroying our country." This comes as Trump himself ...

The nominees include US President Donald Trump, Pope Francis, former Pakistani PM Imran Khan, and Elon Musk, though Trump’s ...

Her courtside presence made her a global celebrity, inspiring a wave of merchandise from bobbleheads to T-shirts bearing her ...

Though US President Donald Trump has openly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Prize for years and the White House has even dubbed him the ‘Peace President’ during the Gaza talks, it remains highly ...

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first ...

The United States has sanctioned more than 50 people, entities and vessels accused of facilitating the sale of Iranian oil ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 9, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of over 7 has struck the Mindanao region in the southern Philippines. The quake's epicenter was located offshore near Davao Oriental, prompting immediate ...

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the Loyola Chicago men's basketball team has died at age 106, the university ...

A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told ...