NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) — The United Nations has warned that more than 40% of humanitarian aid missions in the Gaza Strip were blocked, delayed, or denied by Israel over the past week. Citing figures from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said “humanitarians’ movements cont...
WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has cautioned countries against recognizing Palestine, warning the move would “create big problems” as Israel advances plans to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank. Speaking at a joint press conference with Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld in Quito, Rub...
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) — The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that air pollution and climate change are fueling each other in a vicious cycle that endangers global health, economies, and ecosystems. The warning came in the WMO’s latest Air Quality and Climate Bulletin, released ahead of the International Day of Clean ...
CARACAS, Venezuela (MNTV) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the mobilization of the National Bolivarian Militia, citing the United States’ growing military presence in the Caribbean as a threat to the country’s sovereignty. According to state broadcaster VTV, the plan will see 15,751 popular defense bases and 5,336 communal mil...
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) — World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has renewed his call for safe and sustained access to food and medicines in Gaza, warning that famine is tightening its grip on the besieged territory. The WHO chief said the agency recently delivered critical nutritional supplies to Al...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) – ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) has issued an urgent call for collective action from ASEAN countries, including the establishment of a humanitarian fund to address the severe needs of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, reports the Daily Observer. It chartered three-point demands including immediate esta...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) – Indonesia’s Islamic banking assets grew 7.83% year-on-year to reach 967.33 trillion Indonesia Rupiah ($58.74 billion) as of June this year, reports RRI. During the same period, national and conventional banking grew 6.40 percent and 6.29 percent, respectively. “This growth occurred amid global uncertainty, whi...
MANILA, Philippines (MNTV) – A Filipino content creator is facing a warning from a government agency and a torrent of online backlash after posting a message on social media asking where to find “halal pork” – a contradiction in Islamic belief that critics say crosses the line between satire and hate speech, reports South China […]...
SYDNEY, Australia (MNTV) – Australian politicians have defended “good people” who attended events “hijacked” by Neo-Nazis, raising concerns about whether leaders are turning a blind eye to blatant white nationalism, reports ABC. The demonstrations held across Australia last Sunday were framed by organisers as R...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Seven Muslim men in northern India have accused police of illegally detaining them, torturing them in custody, and forcing them to confess to running a “conversion racket” that allegedly pressured Hindus to embrace Islam. Families say the arrests in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district were arbitrary, lacked legal paperw...
