TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — With unusually dry autumn weather persisting and no rainfall expected soon, Uzbekistan’s top religious authority has called for a nationwide istiska, the Islamic prayer for rain. The prayer will be held after Friday prayers on 28 November in all mosques, the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan announced. Mufti Nuriddin Kho...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) — Kyrgyzstan has entered the top 100 of the Global Innovation Index (GII) for the first time, ranking 96th out of 139 countries in the latest report by the World Intellectual Property Organization, 24.KG reported. Kyrgyzstan placed sixth within the Central and South Asia region. The country posted strong results in h...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Culture and Information is considering new rules governing photography and video recording of individuals without their consent, Minister Aida Balaeva said, according to The Times of Central Asia. Balaeva emphasized that the initiative is not a ban but an effort to clarify how filming should...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — Gennadiy Golovkin, the two-time middleweight world champion and 2004 Olympic silver medalist, has been elected president of World Boxing at the federation’s inaugural congress in Rome, The Times of Central Asia reported Sunday. Golovkin, who has led Kazakhstan’s National Olympic Committee since last year, will now o...
MANAMA, Bahrain (MNTV) — Bahrain has entered the implementation stage of its first Trade Finance Registry (TFR), a major digital infrastructure project jointly developed by BENEFIT, Singapore-based MonetaGo, and Bahrain FinTech Bay. The initiative establishes a unified digital ledger for trade-finance transactions and invoices, aiming to redu...
RABAT, Morocco (MNTV) — Morocco announced substantial progress in rebuilding communities hit by last year’s Al Haouz earthquake, with more than 53,600 homes fully reconstructed and thousands in the process, according to new figures presented to Parliament. The update was delivered by Minister of National Territory Planning Fatima Ezzahra El M...
PARIS (MNTV) — French authorities have arrested the man believed to be the final suspect in the spectacular $102 million robbery at the Louvre Museum, the Paris public prosecutor’s office said Tuesday. The arrest was made early Tuesday by the Paris anti-gang brigade under a warrant issued by investigating judges, according to French outlet Le ...
BRASILIA, Brazil (MNTV) – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vowed to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump to prevent a military confrontation with Venezuela, warning that rising tensions in the Caribbean could destabilize the region. “I’m worried because South America is considered a zone of peace,” Lula said after the G20 Leader...
WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) – The Trump administration has formally designated Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization, accusing it of drug trafficking and violence. Venezuela has rejected the move as “ridiculous” and based on a “nonexistent” cartel. The designation, published in the Federal Register on Monday,...
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) – U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel has come under scrutiny for his use of FBI resources, including SWAT teams and government aircraft, to provide security for his girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins, according to the New York Times. The Daily reported that the issue gained nati...
