Overview

• The White House has stepped up its public drive for President Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize, highlighting formal nominations from Pakistan, Israel and Cambodia.
• Cambodia’s deputy prime minister confirmed Friday that Phnom Penh will nominate Trump after his intervention in ending its border conflict with Thailand.
• India maintains that its May truce with Pakistan was secured solely through bilateral military talks and has rejected Trump’s mediation claims.
• White House press briefings credit Trump with brokering six global ceasefires in his first six months, spanning conflicts from Thailand-Cambodia to Egypt-Ethiopia.
• The Norwegian Nobel Committee’s undisclosed deliberations amplify scrutiny over how political endorsements and contested mediation claims might influence the prize decision.