DAMASCUS, Syria (MNTV) – A United Nations Security Council delegation made its first-ever visit to Syria on Thursday, pledging support for the country as it approaches the one-year anniversary of Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. “We reiterated our clear support for the sovereignty, unity, independence and territorial integrity of Syria,” Slovenian UN...
BOGOTA, Colombia (MNTV) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused the United States of threatening his country under the pretext of counter-narcotics operations, vowing to defend national sovereignty “at the cost of our lives” in response to recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump. Addressing military officers Thursday, Petro warned th...
BERLIN, Germany (MNTV) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Russian frozen assets held in Europe must be used exclusively to support Ukraine’s military capabilities and should not benefit the United States in any form. Speaking to journalists in Berlin, Merz said the assets are needed to sustain Ukraine “for two to three years,” particularl...
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said a newly released Pentagon inspector general report clearly shows Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth endangered American troops, calling him unfit for office, despite the Pentagon’s claims that the review “totally exonerates” him. Speaking on the Senate floor Thursday, ...
WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth compromised the safety of American troops by using his personal phone to share sensitive details about a planned military strike in Yemen, according to a Pentagon inspector general report released Thursday. The watchdog also criticized the broader Defense Department for its...
MOSCOW, Russia (MNTV) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said the United States did not invite him to return to the G7, pushing back against speculation following his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law and informal adviser Jared Kushner in the Kremlin. “No, the topic simply came up. An...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — Medical waste management systems have been installed and officially handed over across 21 islands in the Maldives, marking a major effort to improve public health and protect the country’s fragile marine environment from hazardous healthcare waste. The initiative forms part of a $4.4 million regional project led by the ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of actively discouraging visiting foreign leaders from meeting him, describing the practice as a break from democratic convention and evidence of what he called growing political insecurity within the ruling establishment....
MUMBAI, India (MNTV) — The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to Hany Babu, a Muslim academic and professor at Delhi University, who spent more than five years in prison without trial under India’s controversial anti-terror law in the Bhima Koregaon case — a prosecution widely condemned by rights groups as a tool to […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India recorded nearly 3,000 arrests in 2023 under its sweeping anti-terror legislation but secured only 118 convictions, according to official data presented in Parliament on Tuesday, deepening concerns that the law is being used more to detain than to prosecute. Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai told t...
