ALEPPO, Syria (MNTV) — The Syrian government has lifted all restrictions on access to Kurdish-held districts in Aleppo, reopening major routes to Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh in a sign of easing tensions following days of confrontation with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). According to local officials, vehicles and pedestrians w...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — Saudi Arabia marked World Post Day by emphasizing the growing role of Saudi Post in advancing global logistics, connectivity, and digital transformation as part of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 agenda. World Post Day, observed annually on October 9, commemorates the 1874 founding of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — Saudi Arabia’s non-oil economy is expected to maintain robust growth between 4.5 and 5.5 percent annually over the next five to ten years as Vision 2030 reforms accelerate and mega projects advance, according to a new report by Moody’s Investors Service. The agency said sustained expansion in services, tourism, an...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — The Riyadh International Book Fair 2025 placed a strong spotlight on Saudi Arabia’s female authors, celebrating their creativity, voices, and expanding presence within the Kingdom’s evolving literary landscape. Held at Princess Noura bint Abdulrahman University, the 10-day event showcased emerging and established ...
WASHINGTON (MNTV) — The United States has provided Israel with more than $21 billion in military and financial support since October 2023, a scale of assistance that has enabled Israel to sustain prolonged wars across Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iran, according to new reports by the Costs of War Project at Brown University. The twin reports, [&h...
GAZA, Palestine (MNTV) – A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect Friday noon, ending nearly two years of devastating war that has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians, displaced most of the population, and reduced large parts of the Gaza Strip to rubble. The truce came after a deadly night of bombardment. The Health […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) —In yet another sign of India’s deepening communal divide, a far-right Hindu group has launched a street campaign in northern India accusing Muslim men of spreading a so-called “mehndi jihad” — a fabricated conspiracy linking a cultural tradition to “love jihad” propaganda. The campaign, led by the women’s wing of the [...
HYDERABAD, India (MNTV) — A 17-year-old Muslim delivery worker was brutally assaulted in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad after allegedly being attacked upon revealing his name — an incident that rights groups say reflects India’s deepening atmosphere of Islamophobia. The victim, Mohammed Nadeem, a resident of the city’s Edi Bazar area, w...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Supreme Court judge has drawn criticism after ridiculing the United Nations refugee agency for issuing identity cards to asylum seekers in India, questioning its role in the country’s refugee process. During a hearing earlier this week, Justice Surya Kant remarked that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refuge...
BENGALURU, India (MNTV) — Police in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru have registered a criminal case against a college student after a video showed him wearing a T-shirt depicting the map and flag of “Azad Kashmir,” a term used in Pakistan for the portion of Kashmir it administers. Authorities said the student, identified as […]...