LONDON (MNTV) — A Sri Lankan social media influencer has admitted building a lucrative business by pushing Islamophobic and anti-migrant narratives at British audiences, raising fresh questions about how hate content is rewarded on major platforms. Geeth Sooriyapura, who flaunts a luxury lifestyle online and calls himself a “Facebook ads king...
WASHINGTON (MNTV) — The Trump administration on Thursday designated four European Antifa-linked militant groups as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) and announced plans to list them as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), effective Nov. 20. The State Department identified the groups as Germany’s Antifa Ost — also known as Antif...
KABUL, Afghanistan (MNTV) — Afghan refugee ophthalmologist Dr. Karim Sharif Amini has been awarded Norway’s highest honor in eye medicine — the Professor Hjalmar Schiøtz Medal — for his pioneering work in surgery and humanitarian care, The Khaama Press reported. The Norwegian Ophthalmological Society presented the award in Bergen, recognizing ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (MNTV) — Germany has offered financial incentives to hundreds of Afghan nationals stranded in Pakistan, encouraging them to withdraw from its relocation program in exchange for cash and short-term assistance, German media reported Tuesday. According to Bild and Die Welt, the plan — implemented by the German Agency for Intern...
AMSTERDAM (MNTV) — Dutch centrist leader Rob Jetten has claimed victory in one of the Netherlands’ closest elections in decades, defeating far-right rival Geert Wilders after a campaign dominated by immigration and housing issues. The 38-year-old head of the pro-EU D66 party, which secured the most votes in this week’s general election, declar...
BERLIN (AA) — Hundreds of people rallied outside the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin on Friday to denounce what they called a “genocide in Sudan,” urging stronger action against atrocities in the Darfur region. “The people of Al-Fasher are facing unspeakable war crimes. Entire communities are being wiped out while the world stays silent,” or...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) — Italy has reaffirmed its support for Rohingya refugees with a €2.5 million ($2.9 million) contribution to strengthen life-saving assistance and protection efforts in Bangladesh, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said Tuesday. The funds, provided through Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Directorate General for Mi...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) –– European tour operators attending the 42nd TTC Travel Mart in Jakarta are increasingly targeting Indonesia’s growing Muslim-friendly and faith-based tourism market, reports TTG Asia. Sutan Nicko, travel consultant head of Indoreisen UK, said the company is developing thematic programmes under Storynomic, Historinom...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) — A Spanish court has opened an investigation into the president of steel manufacturer Sidenor and two senior executives over the alleged illegal export of steel to Israel for weapons production. Judge Francisco de Jorge of Spain’s Audiencia Nacional placed Sidenor President José Antonio Jainaga Gómez and two other company l...
LUXEMBOURG CITY, Luxembourg (MNTV) – Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev said his country is prepared to open its airspace for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aircraft if he travels to Budapest for a potential meeting with US President Donald Trump. Speaking to reporters at an EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg, Georgiev...
