MANAMA/DOHA (MNTV) — Gulf leaders opened the 46th GCC Summit in Bahrain with a unified call to strengthen regional security and economic cooperation, while simultaneously issuing a sharp condemnation of Israel’s Sept 9 strike on Qatar. The summit, first annual meeting of GCC since Israeli attack on Qatar, called for urgent defense consultation...
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (MNTV) — Pakistan and Bahrain have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening defense collaboration, focusing on regional security and joint military initiatives. The pledge came during a meeting at Pakistan’s General Headquarters in Rawalpindi between Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and Bahrain’s Natio...
BAGHDAD, Iraq (MNTV) — Confusion swept through Iraqi government agencies after Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis were designated as terrorist organizations, triggering a freeze on their economic assets. According to the official Gazette published on the Justice Ministry website, the groups were added to a list of organizations and indivi...
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (MNTV) — Turkmenistan has introduced sweeping reforms to modernize its financial and digital sectors, signing a new law on virtual assets and unveiling a 200-manat polymer banknote, the state newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan reported. The Law on Virtual Assets, signed by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and effective Jan. 1...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — Uzbekistan has begun developing the Samarkand-2028 satellite, a next-generation spacecraft equipped with an artificial intelligence module for monitoring air quality, crops and forest conditions, Asia-Plus reported. The initiative was discussed during a Dec. 1 meeting led by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, where off...
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (MNTV) — Three dried fruit producers from the northern city of Isfara are representing Tajikistan at the Food Ingredients Europe 2025 exhibition in Paris, one of the world’s major food industry trade fairs, Asia-Plus reported. Barakat Isfara, Fruits Valley and Ali Apricot are among more than 1,500 exhibitors at the Dec. 2–...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) — Kyrgyzstan’s Constitutional Court has received a proposal from President Sadyr Japarov seeking to amend the Constitution to allow the death penalty for certain grave crimes, Azattyk reported. The draft amendment targets Part 1 of Article 25 of the Constitution and would permit capital punishment as an exceptional m...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) — A youth-led hackathon aimed at generating innovative ideas for a safer, more modern urban environment has opened in Bishkek, organizers said. The UrbanTech Hackathon, hosted by the Tekaiym Public Foundation, will bring together students, young professionals, programmers, designers and civic activists for five days ...
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (MNTV) — The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) has vowed to pass a new law this month to apportion the 32 districts across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) so the twice-delayed first regular elections can finally be held, reports Minda News. “The Parliament is committed to an inclusive...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) — Indonesia’s middle class — long regarded as the country’s economic stabilizer — is entering a new era of more thoughtful spending, reports Indonesia Business Post. This shift was at the heart of the Trend Maker Summit 2025, where Katadata Indonesia and its partners unveiled research showing that consumers are prior...
