MANAMA, Bahrain (MNTV) — Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have signed a series of agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to expand cooperation across multiple sectors, including nuclear safety, investment, taxation, and sustainable development. The agreements were concluded during the fourth session of the Saudi-Bahraini Coordination Counci...
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (MNTV) — Pakistan and Bahrain have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening defense collaboration, focusing on regional security and joint military initiatives. The pledge came during a meeting at Pakistan’s General Headquarters in Rawalpindi between Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and Bahrain’s Natio...
BAGHDAD, Iraq (MNTV) — Confusion swept through Iraqi government agencies after Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis were designated as terrorist organizations, triggering a freeze on their economic assets. According to the official Gazette published on the Justice Ministry website, the groups were added to a list of organizations and indivi...
DOHA, Qatar (MNTV) — Qatar Charity (QC) has launched a critical food security project in Yemen, aiming to support thousands of vulnerable families as the country faces one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. The initiative is funded by Qatari donors and seeks to deliver immediate relief to communities on the brink of famine, [&hel...
EMEK HAMAAYANOT, Israel (MNTV) — Israel is advancing plans to build a hospital to serve Jordanian patients as part of the joint Israeli-Jordanian industrial park, known as the Jordan Gateway, located along their shared border. The project aims to facilitate cross-border work and strengthen economic cooperation between the two nations, despite...
EUROPE (MNTV) – Nearly half of Europeans now view US President Donald Trump as an “enemy of Europe,” according to a new survey released Thursday, which also shows growing fears of a future war with Russia. The France-based Eurobazooka poll, conducted by Cluster 17 and Le Grand Continent, found that 48% of respondents consider Trump […]...
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (MNTV) — Turkmenistan has introduced sweeping reforms to modernize its financial and digital sectors, signing a new law on virtual assets and unveiling a 200-manat polymer banknote, the state newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan reported. The Law on Virtual Assets, signed by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and effective Jan. 1...
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (MNTV) — Three dried fruit producers from the northern city of Isfara are representing Tajikistan at the Food Ingredients Europe 2025 exhibition in Paris, one of the world’s major food industry trade fairs, Asia-Plus reported. Barakat Isfara, Fruits Valley and Ali Apricot are among more than 1,500 exhibitors at the Dec. 2–...
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (MNTV) — The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) has vowed to pass a new law this month to apportion the 32 districts across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) so the twice-delayed first regular elections can finally be held, reports Minda News. “The Parliament is committed to an inclusive...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) — Indonesia’s middle class — long regarded as the country’s economic stabilizer — is entering a new era of more thoughtful spending, reports Indonesia Business Post. This shift was at the heart of the Trend Maker Summit 2025, where Katadata Indonesia and its partners unveiled research showing that consumers are prior...