CHTOUKA, Morocco (MNTV) — Tomato farms in Morocco’s drought-hit Chtouka region are staying afloat with desalinated water, a vital but disputed resource that has become essential for sustaining production. One of the country’s largest producers, Azura, now irrigates its 800 hectares of farms entirely through desalination, with company official...
RABAT, Morocco (MNTV) — Morocco and Egypt are set to deepen collaboration in artificial intelligence (AI) following high-level talks between Moroccan Minister of Digital Transition Amal El Fellah and Egyptian Minister of Communications Amr Talaat. The two countries agreed to build a strategic regional partnership focused on emerging technologi...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) — UAE-based Global South Utilities (GSU), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi’s Resources Investment, has signed a $220 million agreement with Egypt’s AH Industrial Management, China’s JA Solar, and Bahrain’s Infinity Capital to establish a major solar industrial complex in Ain Sokhna. The initiative, known as Atum Solar Egypt, will ...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) — Egypt has officially launched the Bright Star 2025 military exercise, one of the Middle East’s largest multinational drills, with the participation of the Saudi Armed Forces and troops from several allied nations. The Egyptian Armed Forces, hosting the event, confirmed that the exercise is designed to strengthen combat pr...
MUSCAT, Oman (MNTV) — Oman’s banking sector continued to expand steadily in the first six months of 2025, with total credit rising 8.4% year-on-year to $88.7 billion, according to data from the Central Bank of Oman. Private sector lending reached $72.8 billion, up 6.6%, led by non-financial corporations at 45.9% of the share, followed by [&hel...
GAZA, Palestine (MNTV) – At least 71 Palestinians, including 22 people seeking aid, have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, Gaza’s health ministry said Thursday. Another 339 were wounded as the Israeli assault on the besieged enclave entered its 11th month. Medical sources said at least 24 people [&helli...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (MNTV) — Palestinian international runner Allam al-Amour was killed after Israeli forces opened fire near an aid distribution point in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to family members and local reports. Relatives said al-Amour was shot as he approached “American-led aid centers,” where civilians have be...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (MNTV) — US Special Envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack came under fire after berating Lebanese journalists during a press conference at Baabda Palace, where he told reporters to “act civilized” and accused them of behaving in an “animalistic” manner. The remarks, made following his meeting with President Joseph Aoun, drew swift cond...
TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) — Iran is stepping up efforts to transform its mounting waste problem into an economic and environmental opportunity, with refuse-derived fuel (RDF) emerging as a key innovation in reducing fossil fuel dependency. In Kermanshah, western Iran, the country’s first advanced waste recycling plant, inaugurated in 2000, has grown...
TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) — Iran marked Pharmaceutical Day, paying tribute to Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, the 9th-century Persian scholar whose groundbreaking contributions in medicine, chemistry, and philosophy continue to influence global science. Known in the West as Rhazes, Razi was a physician, alchemist, and philosopher born near present-da...
