NEW YORK (MNTV) — Azerbaijan chaired an informal ministerial meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) at the United Nations on Thursday, where members agreed to establish two new advisory bodies. Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, presiding as chair of the CICA Ministerial Council, outlined Baku’s...
Iftikhar Gilani The remote Himalayan region of Ladakh, earlier part of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and on the borders of China perched at altitudes where summer sun burns and winter snows choke all access, is again making headlines. At least four people were killed this week when police clashed with demonstrators demanding protection ...
In Washington, Jewish advisers and mediators help shape the world’s most powerful government, while in Israel intelligence and military leaders provide the tools WASHINGTON / TEL AVIV (MNTV) – The Jerusalem Post’s annual ranking of the 50 most influential Jews has once again underscored how much sway a handful of Jewish figures exert in shapin...
Shabana Ayaz Turkish lawmaker Ali Şahin recently called for a new kind of partnership: a united front of the Türkiye and Pakistan diasporas to confront Islamophobia in the West. In a post on X, he urged both nations to mobilize their large communities in Europe and North America into a coordinated advocacy group. The aim, […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Sonia Gandhi, leader of India’s main opposition Congress party and matriarch of the Nehru–Gandhi political family, has slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for what she called an abdication of India’s historic responsibility toward Palestine, denouncing New Delhi’s silence on the Gaza war as a betrayal of...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Indian authorities have launched a wave of criminal cases against Muslims for displaying banners that read “I Love Muhammad,” registering 21 cases and naming 1,324 people nationwide, according to the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR). At least 38 arrests have been made as of September 23. The controver...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — The Maldivian government has announced plans to establish Quran centers on every inhabited island of the archipelago before the end of President Mohamed Muizzu’s term, describing the initiative as part of its duty to strengthen Islamic education and protect the country’s religious identity. Officials said the scale of e...
KABUL, Afghanistan (MNTV) — Afghanistan’s national futsal team has booked its place in the 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup finals after storming through qualifiers with emphatic wins against Maldives and Myanmar. The decisive match took place in Yangon on September 23, where Afghanistan outclassed host Myanmar in an 8–0 rout. Goals came from across ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (MNTV) — Afghanistan’s trade volume grew by nearly one-third in the first half of the year, despite international sanctions and limited access to global financial systems. The Taliban-led Ministry of Industry and Commerce reported total trade of $6.78 billion, a 30 percent increase compared with the same period last year. Ac...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — Uzbekistan has joined hands with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on a five-year research initiative aimed at tackling one of Central Asia’s most persistent agricultural challenges: soil salinity. The project, launched with the Soil Composition, Repository, and Quality Analysis Center under Uzbekistan...
