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...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban have agreed to extend their 48-hour ceasefire as both sides prepare for high-level talks in Doha aimed at reducing recent border hostilities, according to official sources on Friday. A Pakistani delegation has already reached the Qatari capital, while Afghan representatives are expec...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — The Allahabad High Court has strongly criticized the widespread misuse of India’s cow protection laws in Uttar Pradesh, a northern state governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and directed senior police and home officials to explain why false and politically motivated cases are being ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — In a rare challenge to the growing influence of Hindu nationalism in India’s bureaucracy, a cabinet minister in southern India’s Karnataka state, governed by the opposition Congress Party, has urged a ban on civil servants taking part in activities of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) — a Hindu supremacist paramil...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal has concluded prosecution arguments in a landmark case accusing former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her onetime home minister Asaduzzaman Khan of crimes against humanity during the 2024 uprising that ended Hasina’s 17-year rule. Chief prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam on T...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (MNTV) — The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) has urged Sweden to take a firm and principled stance against what it describes as China’s ongoing genocide and colonial occupation of Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic peoples, as Stockholm holds high-level diplomatic talks with Beijing this week. In a statement r...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in partnership with the European Union’s Humanitarian Aid program, has delivered a new consignment of medical equipment to support maternal and newborn health for Rohingya refugees and surrounding communities in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district. The shipment includes emerg...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — Seeking to strengthen its global workforce and reduce dependence on foreign labor, the Maldives has launched a nationwide language education initiative offering free courses to young citizens. The program — jointly implemented by the Maldives National University (MNU) and the Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Sk...
