MUSCAT, Oman (MNTV) — Oman’s real estate sector recorded trades worth $4.1 billion by the end of July 2025, according to data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI). The figure marked a 7.9 percent decline compared with the same period in 2024, when total transactions reached $4.49 billion. Despite the overall [&...
SALALAH, Oman (MNTV) — Oman has launched the “Govern It Smartly” Hackathon, a 48-hour competition aimed at fostering youth-led innovation to strengthen governance, transparency, and accountability in managing investments across the country’s governorates. The initiative, organized by the State Financial and Administrative Audit Authority in co...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) — At least 20 people are missing after violent Indonesia protests sparked by “lavish perks” for lawmakers that have widened to include anger against police, a rights group said Tuesday. At least six people have been killed since protests rocked Southeast Asia’s biggest economy last week, intens...
BANTING, Malaysia (MNTV) – The issue of mental health in Malaysia is increasingly worrying, considering the significant increase in the previous five years, says the Prime Minister’s wife, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. “It is estimated that one million Malaysians, aged 16 and above, are experiencing depression, compared to only 500,000 in 20...
BANDAR SERI BEGWAN, Brunei (MNTV) – The 26-kilometer Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien (SOAS) Bridge, the longest in Southeast Asia, connects Brunei’s remote eastern areas to the country’s urban capital, while facilitating access to forests teeming with unique biodiversity and protected species, reports Mongabay. Authors of a recent study spoke ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) – Rising seas, vanishing mangroves, and intensifying storms are forcing Malaysia’s Orang Seletar to confront a stark reality: the ocean that once sustained them is no longer as generous. Along the Johor coast, fishers like Aween Bin Terawin are hauling in smaller catches while navigating increasingly polluted wat...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran, China and Russia have dismissed European efforts to reinstate UN sanctions on Tehran, calling the move legally baseless and politically destructive. In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the president of the Security Council, the three foreign ministers said the attempt by France, Germany and ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Delhi Police has traced a Belgian national, employed at the Embassy of Belgium in New Delhi, as the individual behind the posting of “wanted” posters featuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the city’s diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri. According to police officials, the posters were first noticed nearl...
GAZA, Palestine (MNTV) —Israel’s escalating bombardment killed nearly 100 Palestinians in just 24 hours, while famine and disease claimed more lives in the besieged enclave. The crisis is drawing mounting global condemnation, with calls for an urgent ceasefire and protection of civilians. Gaza’s Health Ministry said that 98 Palestinians were k...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — The Maldives has revised its judicial employee regulations to allow women working in courts and related institutions to wear the niqab, marking a significant change in workplace dress code rules that previously restricted the practice. According to a circular issued by the Department of Judicial Administration (DJA), Ar...
