This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), commending its efforts to combat world hunger. The UN body was also praised for "bettering ...

The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The agency was given the prize for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace.

The U.N. World Food Programme said on Monday that Israeli forces had opened fire on one of its convoys in the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza in what it called a "horrifying incident".