WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) — The U.S. House of Representatives is preparing to consider a draft of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that includes a provision to repeal the Caesar Act sanctions on Syria. The proposed measure would formally rescind the 2019 law that imposed sweeping secondary sanctions on enti...
MONTREAL, Canada (MNTV) – Quebec has introduced a bill that significantly expands restrictions on religious expression in public spaces, higher education institutions, and partially funded private institutions, tightening and broadening the framework established under the province’s 2019 secularism law, Bill 21. Bill No. 9, introduced Thursday...
WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth compromised the safety of American troops by using his personal phone to share sensitive details about a planned military strike in Yemen, according to a Pentagon inspector general report released Thursday. The watchdog also criticized the broader Defense Department for its...
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he still intends to visit New York, dismissing mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s campaign promise to arrest him under an International Criminal Court warrant. Speaking virtually at the New York Times Dealbook forum, Netanyahu confirmed he will travel to the city. When a...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Kashmiri Muslim walnut trader was brutally assaulted in the northern Indian state of Punjab, in an incident that has intensified concerns over the rising vulnerability and targeted attacks faced by Muslims across India. The victim, Mohammad Yaseen, a resident of Kulgam in Indian-administered Kashmir, was beaten by s...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A Bangladesh court has issued an arrest warrant for Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the son of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, accusing him of helping orchestrate a nationwide internet shutdown during last year’s uprising—a move prosecutors say enabled mass killings. The International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka issued the order i...
WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) – The United States is growing increasingly frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over repeated Israeli strikes in Syria, with Washington considering sending envoys to ease tensions, according to multiple US and Israeli media outlets. “We are trying to tell Bibi he has to stop this because i...
WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) – The United States has ordered an immediate freeze on all asylum and immigration benefit applications filed by nationals of 19 countries designated as “high-risk.” The sweeping directive follows the fatal shooting of two National Guard members by an Afghan asylum recipient in Washington, D.C. Under the new mem...
WASHINGTON (MNTV) – U.S. President Donald Trump has revived an allegation about Rep. Ilhan Omar that has been debunked for nearly a decade, accusing the Minnesota Democrat of marrying her brother to commit immigration fraud. Trump reposted the rumor on X and Truth Social, using it to attack her background, political stance, and Muslim identity...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said that Pakistan is willing to contribute troops to a proposed Gaza peace force but will not take part in any mission aimed at disarming the Palestinian group Hamas, Daily Times reported. Dar told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the […]...
