TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) — Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei has declared that the strategic Strait of Hormuz will enter a “new phase” of management as Tehran moves to assert greater control following a devastating war triggered by US and Israeli military actions. In a message released, marking 40 days since the killing of his father,...
JERUSALEM, Palestine (MNTV) — Thousands of Palestinian worshippers returned to the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday after Israel lifted a sweeping 40-day closure, even as authorities intensified security measures and allowed Israeli settlers to storm the compound under armed protection. Verified footage showed Palestinians streaming through the mosq...
ANKARA, Türkiye (MNTV) — A fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran is coming under mounting strain on the eve of crucial talks in Islamabad, with fresh Israeli strikes, hardening rhetoric, and widening disagreements threatening to derail diplomacy before it begins. Despite a two-week truce announced on the midnight of April 7-8, v...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (MNTV) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the launch of direct negotiations with Lebanon “as soon as possible,” even as Israeli forces continue a devastating bombardment that has killed at least 300 people and wounded more than 1,000, deepening fears that the already fragile US-Iran ceasefire could collaps...
GAZA, Palestine (MNTV) — An Israeli drone strike has killed Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent Mohammed Wishah in Gaza, in what media organisations and rights groups describe as part of a broader, systematic campaign to silence journalists covering Israel’s war on the enclave. Wishah was killed when an Israeli strike hit the vehicle he was trav...
ANKARA, Türkiye (MNTV) — Türkiye played a decisive behind-the-scenes role in securing a temporary ceasefire between the United States and Iran, following an intense burst of diplomacy that included more than 150 phone calls in just 10 days, Turkish diplomatic sources said. The two-week truce, announced at midnight on April 7-8, comes after wee...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — Pakistan has welcomed signs of restraint in the ongoing Middle East conflict while strongly condemning Israel’s continued military assault on Lebanon, as Islamabad prepares to host critical United States–Iran peace talks amid a fragile ceasefire. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with Army Chief Asim Munir, w...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) –Pakistan has placed its capital under heightened security and administrative lockdown ahead of United States–Iran ceasefire talks, as authorities brace for the arrival of high-level foreign delegations amid a fragile and contested truce. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi assured US Charge d’Affaires Natalie Baker...
By Akhtar Pathan KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) — As analysts worldwide credit Pakistan’s diplomatic brinkmanship with helping avert a potential nuclear confrontation — if one takes Donald Trump at his word — a Pakistani political scientist frames the moment as a continuation of the military dominance the country established over India during the Ma...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (MNTV) – A massive wave of Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon has killed at least 254 people and wounded 1,165 others, triggering widespread international condemnation as the attacks unfolded just hours after a ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced. According to Lebanon’s Civil Defence, the bombardment...
