Washington (MNTV) — The United States has imposed sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), escalating its campaign against international accountability in a move condemned by the tribunal as an attack on the rule of law. The measures came on October 9, just hours after South African jurist Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge, ...
OSLO (MNTV) — Navi Pillay had barely been named the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate before she took a light jab at the man who most wanted it: US President Donald Trump. As applause continued at the ceremony in Oslo on Friday, the South African jurist paused, turned toward the cameras and quipped: “If you […]
OSLO (MNTV) — The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to Navi Pillay, the South African jurist and former UN human rights chief who most recently led the United Nations inquiry that found Israel had committed genocide in Gaza. Announcing the prize in Oslo, the committee said Pillay was recognised […]
TOKYO, Japan (MNTV) – Japan’s Okinawa prefectural assembly called Friday for a “fundamental review” of the Japan-US Status of Forces Agreement after a US Marine was accused in a robbery-murder case. Japan saw protests and widespread outrage after Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, assigned to the III Marine Expeditionary Force stationed at Ma...
HAVANA, Cuba (MNTV) – Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Thursday that the US lacks the authority to decide which countries or companies can sell fuel, trade or invest in Cuba, arguing that Washington’s measures also target the wider international community. “The US government has no authority whatsoever to decide who can ...
Toronto, Ontario (MNTV) – Anne Carson, a 76-year-old poet and scholar from Toronto, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature, it was announced today. Carson is known for inventing a unique genre that blends traditional and avant-garde elements. A very private person by nature, Carson has become the 123rd Nobel laureate, a recognition that has une...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (MNTV) — One Israeli soldier was killed and three others wounded in southern Lebanon, where Israeli forces continue to occupy territory following their military intervention in the country. AFP reported that the Israeli military identified the dead soldier as 21-year-old Captain Eliav Haim Tzapalamus of the 603rd Battalion. The...
RICHMOND (MNTV) — U.S. immigration authorities have detained Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh after he arrived at Dulles International Airport near Washington, drawing concern from supporters and immigration advocates over the treatment of an artist whose immigration case is still open. Sheikh, 42, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforc...
TOKYO, Japan (MNTV) – Two earthquakes struck eastern Japan within three hours early Thursday, shaking Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures, but neither triggered a tsunami, according to the country’s weather agency. The first earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, struck northeastern Chiba Prefecture at 4.13 am local time (1913G...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad, where they discussed regional peace and security issues. Guterres appreciated Pakistan’s “important role as an elected member of the Security Council, including its efforts to advance the p...
