NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A 13-year-old Muslim girl in southern India has been forced to leave her school after administrators barred her from wearing a hijab, a decision that has reignited debate over religious freedom and the growing marginalization of Muslims in India’s education system. The incident took place at St. Rita’s School, a [&hel...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim member of India’s parliament, Iqra Hasan, has faced a barrage of Islamophobic abuse after being called a “terrorist” and “mulli” — a slur for Muslim women — by members of a Hindu nationalist group during a visit to northern India. Hasan, a lawmaker from the opposition Samajwadi Party […]...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Muslim scholars and community leaders in India have urged authorities in the state of Telangana to take strict legal action against T. Raja Singh, a state legislator from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after he made derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad during a public rally i...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — Maldivian musician Ahmed Adhuham has become the country’s first artist to feature on The World Album, a landmark global collaboration now listed on the official Grammy ballot for Best Global Music Album. The project, produced by the International Artists Project and featured in Billboard Magazine’s Grammy Contenders Iss...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — The number of Rohingya refugees leaving Bangladesh by boat has surged to its highest level in years, as deteriorating living conditions and funding shortfalls drive growing desperation inside the world’s largest refugee settlement. Save the Children reported that at least 1,088 Rohingya — including 87 children — atte...
DOHA/DHAKA (MNTV) — Bangladesh and Pakistan have agreed to strengthen collaboration in the labor and employment sector, pledging to expand training, skills exchange, and migration systems to meet growing global workforce demands. The understanding was reached during a bilateral meeting between Bangladesh’s Labor and Employment Adviser M Sakhaw...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh has opened a major dialogue on the future of industrial water use as it faces the twin challenges of rapid economic growth and a worsening climate crisis. The 2nd Sustainable Water Management Expo 2025, which began Thursday at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB), has brought together publ...
GENEVA (MNTV) — The United Nations on Friday cautioned that ending famine conditions in the Gaza Strip will take time, urging all border crossings to be opened to “flood Gaza with food” and sustain aid flows into the war-torn enclave. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported that it has moved nearly 3,000 tons of […]
ANKARA, Türkiye (MNTV) — A Turkish disaster response team is stationed at the Egyptian border awaiting Israeli authorization to enter Gaza and begin search and recovery operations amid ongoing humanitarian efforts following a US-brokered ceasefire. The 81-member unit from Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) is equipped...
GAZA, Palestine (MNTV) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has urged mediators and the international community to pressure Israel to reopen the Rafah crossing with Egypt, saying the move is required under the ceasefire agreement brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump. The United Nations says Israel continues to obstruct humanitarian deliveri...
