TANGIER, Morocco (MNTV) — Maersk has introduced a rail freight service between Tangier and Casablanca, expanding its logistics network in Morocco and providing shippers with an alternative route into the country’s principal commercial and industrial center, according to Container News. The service, which is already operating with regular depar...
SYDNEY, Australia (MNTV) — Waverley Library has removed a book critical of media coverage of Israel’s devastating war on Gaza, a decision that has drawn condemnation as an act of censorship against Palestinian perspectives. The library in Bondi Junction withdrew Adam Johnson’s How to Sell a Genocide after a complaint was made about its display...
NABLUS, Palestine (MNTV) — Eight Palestinians, including a child, were injured in separate incidents involving Israeli forces and settlers across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, as violence against Palestinian communities continued to intensify. Six Palestinians between the ages of 24 and 65 were hospitalized after an attack in Beit Imrin, ...
ABU DHABI, UAE (MNTV) — The United Arab Emirates has suspended all commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran until further notice, state news agency WAM reported, citing the Foreign Ministry’s strategic communications director. Authorities did not provide details on the scope of the restrictions or say when trade and financial ...
DAMASCUS, Syria (MNTV) — Israel launched eight airstrikes against Syria’s Abu Al-Duhur air base on Tuesday, damaging its runway and storage facilities in an attack condemned by U.S. and Turkish officials as a destabilizing escalation. Syrian state broadcaster Ekhbariya, citing a military source, said the strikes hit the base in Idlib province,...
TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) — Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States fulfills commitments outlined in a memorandum of understanding, including lifting a naval blockade and easing economic restrictions, Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said. Qalibaf said Tehran wants the removal of restrictions on maritime acti...
ANKARA, Türkiye (MNTV) — Türkiye is expanding and modernizing several customs crossings along its border with Syria as bilateral trade, transit traffic and passenger movement continue to grow between the two countries. The Turkish Ministry of Trade is carrying out projects to increase the capacity of border facilities and improve infrastructur...
BAGHDAD, Iraq (MNTV) — Iran and Iraq have agreed to work toward easing banking restrictions and improving financial mechanisms between the two countries as they seek to expand economic cooperation. Iranian Central Bank Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati discussed banking and economic issues with Iraqi Central Bank Governor Nizar Nasser Hussein and I...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) — Egypt is targeting 30 million international tourist arrivals annually by 2030 as the government seeks to increase tourism revenues and strengthen the sector’s role in national economic growth. Tourism and Antiquities Minister Sherif Fathy and Planning and Economic Development Minister Ahmed Rostom discussed measures to be...
TUNIS, Tunisia (MNTV) — Tunisia’s historic town of Sidi Bou Said is attracting more international visitors following its recent inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List, raising increased tourism revenue and renewed efforts to preserve its heritage, according to Bastille Post. The centuries-old Mediterranean town, situated on a cliff overlo...
