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...
TEL AVIV, Israel (MNTV) — Israeli authorities are considering allowing workers from Syria’s Druze community to enter Israel for employment, a proposal that critics could view as another attempt by Tel Aviv to deepen its influence over the Syrian Druze population amid Israel’s continuing military strikes in southern Syria. Israeli news outlet Y...
TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it launched ballistic missiles at a US aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer after American forces struck Iranian oil tankers, marking a sharp escalation in the widening conflict between Washington and Tehran. IRGC said its Aerospace Force targeted the two US Navy vess...
DUBAI, UAE (MNTV) — Dubai-based artist Adeel Saeed has turned a childhood fascination with street drawing into a career creating live caricatures at events across the United Arab Emirates. Saeed’s interest in caricature began when he was 10 years old in Northern Cyprus, where he regularly watched a street artist working beneath a tree in [&hel...
TARANTO, Italy (MNTV) — Brothers Farès and Aymen Touairi powered Algeria to a strong weightlifting performance at the 2026 Mediterranean Games in Taranto, collecting two gold medals and a bronze between them. Algerian Weightlifting Federation President Kamel Saidi praised the team’s performance, describing the results achieved by the country’s...
WEST BANK, Palestine (MNTV) — A small group of Israeli activists, many of them religious Jews, are confronting fellow Israelis in the occupied West Bank to protect Palestinians from escalating settler violence. About 30 activists regularly travel to Palestinian communities where settlers have been accused of attacking residents, damaging prope...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (MNTV) — Iranian residents in Kuwait say they are increasingly caught between the widening US-Iran conflict and a government crackdown that has placed their community under mounting pressure. The Iranian community, numbering about 52,000 people, has faced heightened scrutiny since the war erupted, with some businesses remov...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (MNTV) — Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian teenagers in the occupied West Bank after clashes erupted in the village of Al-Mughayyir, Palestinian officials said, in the latest deadly incident involving Israeli troops and settlers. Omar Mohammad Naji Al-Nassan, 19, and Khalil Rasem Khalil Shahada, 16, were killed by Is...
TEL AVIV, Israel (MNTV) — Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has unveiled a plan to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and relocate them abroad, drawing renewed scrutiny of Israeli efforts to engineer the territory’s demographic future. Ben Gvir said that his proposal would seek to move about 250,000 Palestinian...
QAMISHLI, Syria (MNTV) — Kurdish women fighters who became internationally known for their role in defeating Islamic State militants are seeking to preserve an organized combat role as Syria’s new authorities reshape the country’s military and security forces. The Women’s Protection Units, known as the YPJ, fought alongside the US-backed Syria...
