KABUL, Afghanistan (MNTV) — Afghan women entrepreneurs are taking a leading role at one of the country’s largest agricultural and handicrafts exhibitions, displaying their products in Kabul alongside farmers and domestic producers. According to ToloNews, the 33rd Exhibition of Agricultural, Livestock, and Handicraft Products at Badam Bagh has ...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) — Kyrgyzstan is preparing to reinstate the death penalty for crimes against women and children, breaking with nearly two decades of abolition and aligning with rising calls for harsher punishment after the murder of a teenage girl. President Sadyr Japarov has ordered legislation that would make the rape of minors, an...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has approved a site near Kurchatov, in eastern Kazakhstan’s Abai region, as suitable for the potential construction of a nuclear power plant, marking another step in the country’s push to diversify its energy mix. According to The Times of Central Asia, the site assessm...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — Central Asia is set to become home to its first fully integrated biorefinery, after Australia’s Allied Biofuels announced a $5.9 billion investment to build a large-scale facility in Uzbekistan’s Khorezm region. The plant will produce more than 540,000 tons of eco-friendly aviation fuel and renewable diesel each ...
DAMASCUS, Syria (MNTV) — Rabbi Henry Yosef Hamra, a Syrian-American Jewish leader, has officially entered the race for Syria’s People’s Assembly in Damascus, marking the first time in nearly six decades that a Jewish candidate has sought parliamentary representation. His move comes after the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad last year,...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — Saudi Arabia’s e-commerce sector is projected to expand nearly threefold to $708.7 billion by 2033, fueled by artificial intelligence, digital payments, and a young tech-savvy population, according to new research by IMARC. With 98 percent of Saudis online and among the highest global smartphone penetration rates,...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC) in Madinah has successfully performed its first allogeneic stem cell transplant on a patient suffering from acute myeloid leukemia, marking a major milestone in advanced medical care within the region. According to Arab News, hospital officials said the ...
ALKHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) has unveiled the Khoos Initiative, an ambitious cultural program designed to preserve and transform Saudi Arabia’s centuries-old craft of palm weaving into a driver of global creativity and innovation. Rooted in Al-Ahsa, home to the world’s largest date palm oa...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (MNTV) — Hamas announced that it accepts key elements of U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed ceasefire plan for Gaza but emphasized the need for additional negotiations on critical political and governance issues. The Palestinian movement submitted its response to Trump’s 20-point plan hours after the U.S. president set...
WASHINGTON (MNTV) — Zohran Mamdani’s rapid rise in New York City’s mayoral race has propelled him to national prominence, drawing both pride from many Muslim Americans and a wave of anti-Muslim rhetoric from opponents. If elected in November, Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, would become the city’s first Muslim mayor. His campaign has been met...
