MAKKAH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) – A Saudi nonprofit dedicated to supporting amputees has rapidly evolved into one of the Kingdom’s most influential humanitarian platforms, delivering comprehensive care and life-changing prosthetics to more than 1,000 people since its launch in 2020. Founded to close long-standing gaps in physical, psychological, a...
DAMASCUS, Syria (MNTV) – Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa marked the first anniversary of Bashar Assad’s overthrow with a pledge to advance justice, accountability, and national reconciliation, as tens of thousands filled streets across Damascus and other major cities to celebrate the milestone. The anniversary comes one year after Sharaa’s f...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) – Saudi Arabia and Qatar have signed a landmark agreement to construct a 785-kilometer high-speed railway connecting Riyadh’s King Salman International Airport with Doha’s Hamad International Airport, cutting travel time between the two capitals to around two hours. The deal was finalized during a meeting between S...
MUSCAT, Oman (MNTV) – Oman has regained investment-grade status after Fitch Ratings lifted the Sultanate’s long-term foreign-currency rating from BB+ to BBB-, citing stronger public finances, a healthier external position, and sustained commitment to prudent fiscal policy. Fitch said Oman has sharply reduced its government debt burden to rough...
MUSCAT, Oman (MNTV) – Omantel and the Oman Environmental Services Holding Company (Be’ah) have entered into a new partnership to upgrade electronic-waste management across the Sultanate, aligning with both institutions’ sustainability mandates and national priorities under Oman Vision 2040. The agreement aims to enhance the efficiency of e-was...
MUSCAT, Oman (MNTV) – Oman has launched a Smart Vegetable Farms project backed by Oman India Fertiliser Company, introducing advanced plant-factory systems designed to transform domestic agriculture through fully controlled indoor environments. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources said the project uses industrial-scale cl...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) – Egypt’s Suez Canal earned $1.97 billion in the first five months of the fiscal year, up 17.5 percent year-on-year, on the back of 5,874 ship transits since July, Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie told an International Monetary Fund delegation. According to Arab News, Rabie’s update supports Prime Minister Mostafa ...
BANGKOK, Thailand (MNTV) — Civil society leaders and humanitarian experts from across the Asia-Pacific have warned that the Rohingya refugee crisis is approaching a breaking point, urging governments and international agencies to match humanitarian aid with real political pressure on Myanmar’s military authorities. Speaking at a seminar on the...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — The Maldives has passed sweeping legal reforms introducing the death penalty for drug trafficking for the first time in the country’s history, after President Dr Mohamed Muizzu ratified major amendments to the Drugs Act, transforming the country’s criminal justice framework around narcotics offenses. The amendments, whi...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh is preparing to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest flag-bearing parachute display as part of nationwide commemorations marking Victory Day on December 16, which marks the country’s independence following the 1971 Liberation War. According to a press release issued by the Chief Adviser’s Press ...
