TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) — The United States has struck multiple Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting Tehran to threaten vessels operating near ports in Bahrain and Kuwait and further escalating Washington’s widening military campaign against Iran. CNN reported, citing two US officials, that American forces targe...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — Saudi historians and heritage specialists have examined how geography, climate and natural resources shaped settlement patterns, trade networks and cultural identity across the Arabian Peninsula. The discussions took place during the three-day Security and History Dialogue Conference at Riyadh’s Cultural Palace, w...
GENEVA (MNTV) — A United Nations special rapporteur has warned that Israel’s large-scale removal, crushing and relocation of rubble in Gaza could destroy evidence of alleged atrocity crimes and prevent the recovery of thousands of human remains. Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian t...
GENEVA (MNTV) — Israeli military operations in Syrian territory may amount to war crimes, a United Nations inquiry has warned, as Israeli forces continue raids, detentions and incursions across southern Syria. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria issued the warning, saying Israel’s military presence and operations insid...
LONDON (MNTV) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has backed Britain’s decision to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying escalating violence against Palestinians has made such measures unavoidable. Olmert welcomed the British policy and told The Guardian that the decision followed a sustained war ...
VENICE (MNTV) — A new Gaza Cinema Academy has been launched at the Venice Film Festival to train Palestinian filmmakers and provide them with a platform to document and tell their own stories. The academy was unveiled by Palestinian filmmakers Ezzaldeen Shalh and Mai Masri, who founded the initiative to help emerging filmmakers in Gaza [&helli...
TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that its naval forces had seized an American unmanned underwater vessel near the entrance to the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC said the seizure followed a complex intelligence and military operation conducted at dawn, claiming the vessel was among the most...
AMMAN, Jordan (MNTV) — Israeli strikes in Gaza and Lebanon have injured at least four journalists in recent weeks, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, underscoring the failure of fragile ceasefires to provide even basic protection for media workers reporting from areas under attack. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) sai...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (MNTV) — Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon have killed at least 27 people and wounded 69 others over three days, including women, children and medical personnel, in a renewed wave of violence that has further undermined a fragile ceasefire. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said the latest Israeli escalation has concentrated arou...
TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) — Iran plans to establish a new exclusion zone outside the Strait of Hormuz targeting vessels that Tehran believes are attempting to pass through the strategic waterway, the country’s top security official said Sunday, adding another layer of tension to the escalating conflict with the United States. Mohsen Rezaei, the newl...
