BAKU, Azerbaijan (MNTV) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Azerbaijan and Armenia are closer than ever to signing a peace agreement, describing the moment as historic for a South Caucasus region long marked by conflict. Erdogan made the remarks while addressing the 16th Congress of Turkish Ambassadors in Ankara, according to Trend n...
PARIS (MNTV) — UNESCO headquarters in Paris has opened an exhibition marking the 900th anniversary of the birth of Ajami Nakhchivani, a towering figure of medieval Azerbaijani architecture, as part of the organization’s 2024–2025 anniversary program. The exhibition was organized with support from Azerbaijan’s National Commission fo...
BAKU, Azerbaijan (MNTV) — Azerbaijan is moving to impose a comprehensive ban on electronic cigarettes, prohibiting their import, export, production, storage, sale and use under proposed amendments to national tobacco legislation. The draft changes, discussed at a joint meeting of the Milli Majlis committees on agrarian policy, economic policy,...
WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) — White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles defended U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats, saying President Donald Trump views them as life-saving actions rather than lethal operations. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Wiles said the destruction of these vessels prevents narcotics from enteri...
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) — The United States broke ranks with most members of the UN Security Council, refusing to condemn escalating Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank and opposing briefings on Resolution 2334, which addresses Israel’s illegal settlement expansion. US envoy Jennifer Locetta, the State Department’s altern...
WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) — U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing new and expanded travel restrictions on foreign nationals from several countries, including a full entry ban on individuals holding Palestinian Authority-issued passports or travel documents. The measures, which the White House said are based on n...
WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) — U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration is “looking into” whether Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire following a weekend strike that killed senior Hamas commander Raad Saad. Trump rejected suggestions of a rupture between Washington and Tel Aviv, or between himself and Israeli Prime Minister Benja...
WASHINGTON (MNTV) – At a time when conflict, displacement, and climate disasters are pushing millions toward hunger, a small cluster of families, including powerful dynasties from Muslim-majority countries, is accumulating wealth at an unprecedented pace. According to Bloomberg’s World’s Richest Families 2025 report, the 25 richest families in...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a Hewlett-Packard (HP) retail outlet in central New Delhi over the weekend, accusing the U.S. technology company of enabling Israel’s surveillance and detention of Palestinians amid the ongoing war in Gaza. The protest took place at Connaught Place, one of India’s most promin...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — As global forced displacement climbs to unprecedented levels, South Asia is emerging as both a refuge for millions fleeing violence and a region increasingly shaped by political exclusion, protracted conflict and climate-driven displacement. These overlapping crises were placed under scrutiny this week at North South...
