DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — A group of students at Dhaka University staged a protest on Tuesday evening by burning an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of undermining Bangladesh’s historical role in the 1971 war that led to the country’s independence from Pakistan. The demonstration took place outside Madhur Canteen, a...
AMMAN, Jordan (MNTV) — Israeli authorities on Tuesday denied entry to a delegation of 30 Canadians, including six members of Parliament, preventing them from travelling into the occupied West Bank in a move that has drawn sharp criticism over Israel’s treatment of elected officials and human rights observers. The delegation, sponsored by the C...
KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) — Kazakhstan’s Muslim majority is reflecting not only on national sovereignty but also on the ongoing challenges of practicing their faith in a tightly regulated, secular state as the country celebrates its Independence Day on Dec. 16, marking 34 years since breaking away from the Soviet Union. Islam remains central to...
WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) — US President Donald Trump on Monday said a recent ISIS attack in central Syria that killed three Americans was not linked to Syria’s government, reaffirming confidence in President Ahmad al-Sharaa. “This is a part of Syria that they really don’t have much control over,” Trump told reporters in the Oval [&hell...
WASHINGTON, United States (AA) — US President Donald Trump has filed a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), accusing the public broadcaster of defamation over the editing of his January 6, 2021 speech in a documentary aired in the United Kingdom. The lawsuit, filed Monday in the US District Court for ...
PROVIDENCE, United States (MNTV) — Police in the US state of Rhode Island have released a person of interest who was detained in connection with the deadly shooting at Brown University, saying the investigation remains ongoing and active. Providence Police announced late Sunday that the individual, who had been detained earlier in the day, was...
THE HAGUE (MNTV) — The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected an Israeli legal challenge seeking to halt an investigation into crimes committed during Israel’s genocide in Gaza, dealing a blow to efforts by Israeli authorities to derail the case. In a decision issued Monday, ICC judges refused to overturn a [&he...
TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) — The centuries-old Iranian art of Ayeneh-kari, or mirrorwork, has been added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Iranian state media reported. The decision was taken during the 20th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Herita...
TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) — Iran unveiled its latest plasma therapy systems for medical applications on Thursday during the second Iranian Congress of Plasma Medicine at Shahid Rajaie Heart Hospital in Tehran, officials said. The devices were launched in the presence of Mohammad Eslami, vice president and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Ir...
KABUL, Afghanistan (MNTV) — The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) has warned that Afghanistan’s historic neighborhoods are increasingly threatened by climate change and rapid, unplanned urban growth, placing the country’s cultural identity and social fabric at risk. In a statement issued Saturday, UN-Habitat said accelera...
