TEL AVIV, Israel (MNTV) — Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced on Thursday that preparations are ongoing with Egypt to reopen the Rafah border crossing for the movement of people, though a specific reopening date has not yet been determined. The move follows recent ceasefire developments that ende...
MAPUTO, Mozambique (MNTV) — Mozambique and Algeria have agreed to expand cooperation across the energy, gas, and renewable sectors, following high-level talks between Mozambique’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Estevão Tomás Rafael Pale, and Algeria’s Minister of Energy and Renewable Energies, Mourad Adjal, in Maputo. The meeting fo...
ALGIERS, Algeria (MNTV) — Algeria’s state-owned pharmaceutical group Saidal has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Novo Nordisk Algeria, the local branch of the Danish biopharmaceutical firm, to locally produce advanced insulin treatments. The partnership marks a major step toward improving the country’s healthcare self-sufficiency...
MOSCOW, Russia (MNTV) — Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, marking their first meeting since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime late last year. The talks centered on reaffirming long-standing ties, economic reconstruction, and the future of Russia’s military presence in Syr...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) — Egypt and Jordan jointly inaugurated the Third Joint Ministerial Council of Arab Ministers of Water and Agriculture in Cairo, as part of the 8th Cairo Water Week, bringing together senior representatives from the Arab League, UN agencies, and regional organizations. The session was opened by Egypt’s Minister of Water Reso...
GAZA, Palestine (MNTV) —Israeli forces continued breaching ceasefire by killing at least three Palestinians in fresh attacks, bringing the toll since the truce began to 23, health officials say. Meanwhile, Israel’s decision to prolong detention of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a prominent figure in Gaza’s health sector, without trial has drawn sharp ...
SYDNEY, Australia (MNTV) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is facing growing pressure to strengthen its human rights oversight after awarding nearly $250 million in contracts to a Chinese conglomerate accused of involvement in Beijing’s forced-labor programs targeting Uyghur Muslims. According to an investigation by The Daily Telegraph, the A...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh urged renewed international funding for Rohingya refugees after high-level talks in Rome between Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and World Food Programme (WFP) acting executive director Carl Skau, warning that shrinking aid risks pushing the crisis into neglect. At the meeting, WFP reaffirmed that the Rohingy...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala have ordered a Christian-run private school to allow a Muslim student to attend classes wearing her hijab, after the 13-year-old was reportedly removed from class for violating the school’s uniform code. The case at St Rita’s Public School in Kochi has reopened [&hell...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A mosque that stood for three decades in the northern Indian district of Sambhal was demolished on Tuesday, with authorities claiming it had been built illegally on public land near the under-construction Kalki Dham temple — a high-profile Hindu pilgrimage project backed by ruling party leaders. The mosque, known loca...