Nadia Murad, the Iraqi Yazidi woman held as a sex slave by Islamic State militants who was awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize told reporters in Washington on Monday that humanity should be the basis of politics and national interest.

Prize money will not be able to bring back property of 400,000 Yazidis, says Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad

Two Americans William Nordhaus and Paul Romer have won the Nobel Prize in Economics this year. Also Read: Wasn't easy for me to talk about being a sex slave, says Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad The economists were awarded the Sveriges Riksbank prize for finding answers on how to create long-term sustainable economic growth, the Swedish Nobel society said.

US duo William Nordhaus, Paul Romer win Nobel Prize in Economics

Here is the full list of Nobel Peace Prize laureates from 1901, when the prize was first awarded. This year it went jointly to Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege an

Full list of Nobel Peace Prize winners from 1901

In Democratic Republic of Congo, they call him "Doctor Miracle" for his surgical skill and dedication in helping women overcome the injuries and trauma of sexual abuse and rape.

Denis Mukwege: Brave healer of DR Congo's most horrific wounds 

Nadia Murad survived the worst cruelties ever inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, before becoming a global champion of their cause and winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

Nadia Murad: from jihadist slave to Nobel laureate

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