BASRA, Iraq (MNTV) — Farmers and herders in southern Iraq are struggling to survive as record-high salinity levels contaminate water sources, devastate crops, and kill livestock, deepening the region’s climate-induced crisis. Local farmer Umm Ali from Basra’s Al-Mashab marshes said her poultry and ducks have died after the river water turned t...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — Saudi Arabia will launch the first phase of its new environmental awareness campaign, Sustainable Steps, aimed at encouraging responsible environmental behavior and sustainable tourism practices across the Kingdom. Supported by the Environment Fund and organized in partnership with the Rahala Association in Tanuma...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — The King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) in Riyadh has been awarded a Guinness World Record for constructing the world’s largest continuous pedestrian skywalk network, a landmark achievement underscoring Saudi Arabia’s growing leadership in sustainable urban design. Spanning 15.46 kilometers and connecting 95 b...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Police in central India have filed charges against four men, including a local elected official, after a Dalit man — a member of India’s most oppressed caste — alleged that he was beaten, urinated on, and subjected to caste-based insults over a dispute linked to a village construction project. The […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A 13-year-old Muslim girl in southern India has been forced to leave her school after administrators barred her from wearing a hijab, a decision that has reignited debate over religious freedom and the growing marginalization of Muslims in India’s education system. The incident took place at St. Rita’s School, a [&hel...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim member of India’s parliament, Iqra Hasan, has faced a barrage of Islamophobic abuse after being called a “terrorist” and “mulli” — a slur for Muslim women — by members of a Hindu nationalist group during a visit to northern India. Hasan, a lawmaker from the opposition Samajwadi Party […]...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Muslim scholars and community leaders in India have urged authorities in the state of Telangana to take strict legal action against T. Raja Singh, a state legislator from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after he made derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad during a public rally i...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — Maldivian musician Ahmed Adhuham has become the country’s first artist to feature on The World Album, a landmark global collaboration now listed on the official Grammy ballot for Best Global Music Album. The project, produced by the International Artists Project and featured in Billboard Magazine’s Grammy Contenders Iss...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — The number of Rohingya refugees leaving Bangladesh by boat has surged to its highest level in years, as deteriorating living conditions and funding shortfalls drive growing desperation inside the world’s largest refugee settlement. Save the Children reported that at least 1,088 Rohingya — including 87 children — atte...
DOHA/DHAKA (MNTV) — Bangladesh and Pakistan have agreed to strengthen collaboration in the labor and employment sector, pledging to expand training, skills exchange, and migration systems to meet growing global workforce demands. The understanding was reached during a bilateral meeting between Bangladesh’s Labor and Employment Adviser M Sakhaw...
