By Mushfiq Ahmed KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) — Indonesia has taken another major step toward reducing its dependence on imported fossil fuels with its B50 biodiesel mandate, a policy requiring diesel fuel to contain 50 percent palm-based biodiesel. The nationwide program, which took effect last month, is one of the world’s most ambitious ef...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) — Financial literacy in Indonesia has risen, with women outscoring men for the first time, according to the 2026 national survey by the Financial Services Authority (OJK), the country’s financial regulator, reported by Tempo. The national financial-literacy index — a measure of how well people understand financi...
PETALING JAYA, Malaysia (MNTV) — Malaysia has drawn approved investments averaging $86.1 billion a year from 2022 to 2025, a level economists say reflects both strong fundamentals and deliberate policy, The Star reported. The boom has been driven partly by global supply-chain realignment, as foreign firms diversify away from concentrating oper...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (MNTV) — Gaza’s beekeeping sector is facing the risk of collapse as Israel’s genocidal war has destroyed apiaries, wiped out vegetation and prevented beekeepers from reaching key grazing areas in the eastern Gaza Strip. According to 2025 data from the Cooperative Society of Beekeepers in Gaza, the honey production and beek...
YEREVAN, Armenia (MNTV) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he wants work on a proposed U.S.-backed transit corridor linking Azerbaijan with its Nakhichevan exclave through southern Armenia to begin as soon as possible, despite continuing concerns raised by neighboring Iran, according to Freedom TV. Speaking to reporters Thursday, P...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) — Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has developed a new nickel ore processing technology capable of recovering up to 98 % of materials that would otherwise become waste. The innovation is designed to improve resource efficiency while supporting more sustainable use of the country’...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) — Indonesia’s labor market has come under growing pressure as a string of major companies across the textile, footwear, electronics, digital, manufacturing, and media sectors have announced mass layoffs since 2025, despite the country’s economy continuing to expand at a robust pace, reports Jakarta Globe. ...
SINGAPORE (MNTV) – Malaysia and Indonesia are reinforcing Southeast Asia’s position as a major hub for Islamic finance as global assets in the sector approach $6 trillion and industry leaders forecast continued rapid growth over the next five years, reports The Edge Singapore. According to data from the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), glob...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) — Indonesia’s Islamic finance industry is likely to grow further in the second half of 2026-27 due to its strategic importance to the government and resilient operating environment, Fitch Ratings says. The industry was estimated at more than $200 billion at end-May. Fitch expects Indonesia to remain among the world’s ...
ISTANBUL, Turkiye (MNTV) — The US-Iran deal-led ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz will gradually increase, resulting in a noticeable easing in the spot market, marking “a gradual and fluctuating normalization,” an industry representative told Anadolu. Bilgehan Engin, president of the Turkish Forwarding and Logistics Association (UTIKAD), st...
