NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Allegations of workplace discrimination have surfaced in India after a Muslim engineer from the northeastern state of Assam said he was denied a job when a recruiter directly asked about his faith. According to The Observer Post, the applicant, 26-year-old Shamim Barbhuiya from the city of Silchar near India’s border ...
KABUL, Afghanistan — A new underground shopping centre with 340 stores was inaugurated in Kabul on Tuesday, part of ongoing efforts to modernize the Afghan capital’s commercial infrastructure. According to the independent outlet Pajhwok Afghan News, the centre was built at a cost of 790 million afghanis ($9 million) under a public-private part...
SYDNEY, Australia (MNTV) — Australia’s counter-terrorism strategy has long concentrated on Muslim communities, often with traumatic consequences and few results, while far-right extremists — particularly those tied to the sovereign citizen movement — continue to operate with limited scrutiny, according to a report by Sydney Criminal Lawyers. O...
SYDNEY, Australia (MNTV) – Poet and visual artist Rania Omar is among 39 Muslim-Australian writers featured in Ritual, an anthology published by the Sweatshop Literacy Movement. Once embarrassed by her Western Sydney upbringing, Omar now draws on her personal journey of reclaiming identity and community as central themes in her work, re...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — Uzbekistan will host its first major international forum on architecture and urban development this month, bringing leading global designers to Tashkent as the country seeks to showcase its rapid urban transformation. According to the independent outlet UZ Daily, the SHARE Uzbekistan International Forum on Archite...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — Kazakhstan is stepping up its space ambitions after hosting the Space Days Kazakhstan forum in Almaty on Sept. 8–9, where officials announced new international partnerships and outlined plans to modernize the Soviet-built Baikonur cosmodrome. According to the English-language outlet The Astana Times, the event broug...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — Kazakhstan has reassigned a mansion once owned by jailed former prime minister Karim Massimov to the Ministry of Education, the latest move in a sweeping campaign to convert assets seized from corruption cases into public benefit. Officials announced on September 5 that the luxury property in Astana will be transfor...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — Uzbekistan has delivered 256 tons of medicine and food to Afghanistan after the August 31 earthquake that killed at least 2,200 people, part of a regional push to help survivors as United Nations officials warn of shrinking humanitarian resources. According to the Times of Central Asia, the shipment was assembled ...
WASHINGTON (MNTV) — Activists supporting Palestinian rights disrupted a dinner attended by President Donald Trump and senior Cabinet members Tuesday night, chanting “Free DC! Free Palestine!” inside a restaurant near the White House. Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined Trump for th...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) — The snow leopard, a rare and endangered predator of the Central Asian mountains, has officially been designated as a national symbol of Kyrgyzstan, a move that authorities hope will both reinforce cultural identity and strengthen conservation efforts. The Cabinet of Ministers has now been tasked with developing a s...
