TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — Uzbekistan has launched its first Migrant Resource Centre (MRC), a facility designed to provide citizens with guidance on safe migration pathways and protection from human trafficking. The centre opened Thursday in the capital as part of an EU-funded program to strengthen migration governance across Central Asia. ...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — Kazakhstan is set to open Central Asia’s first private contemporary art museum, a $100 million institution scheduled to debut in September 2025 in the country’s largest city, Almaty. The Almaty Museum of Arts is designed to elevate Kazakhstan’s cultural profile and connect Central Asia’s artists with global audience...
CHTOUKA, Morocco (MNTV) — Tomato farms in Morocco’s drought-hit Chtouka region are staying afloat with desalinated water, a vital but disputed resource that has become essential for sustaining production. One of the country’s largest producers, Azura, now irrigates its 800 hectares of farms entirely through desalination, with company official...
RABAT, Morocco (MNTV) — Morocco and Egypt are set to deepen collaboration in artificial intelligence (AI) following high-level talks between Moroccan Minister of Digital Transition Amal El Fellah and Egyptian Minister of Communications Amr Talaat. The two countries agreed to build a strategic regional partnership focused on emerging technologi...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) — UAE-based Global South Utilities (GSU), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi’s Resources Investment, has signed a $220 million agreement with Egypt’s AH Industrial Management, China’s JA Solar, and Bahrain’s Infinity Capital to establish a major solar industrial complex in Ain Sokhna. The initiative, known as Atum Solar Egypt, will ...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) — Egypt has officially launched the Bright Star 2025 military exercise, one of the Middle East’s largest multinational drills, with the participation of the Saudi Armed Forces and troops from several allied nations. The Egyptian Armed Forces, hosting the event, confirmed that the exercise is designed to strengthen combat pr...
MUSCAT, Oman (MNTV) — Oman’s banking sector continued to expand steadily in the first six months of 2025, with total credit rising 8.4% year-on-year to $88.7 billion, according to data from the Central Bank of Oman. Private sector lending reached $72.8 billion, up 6.6%, led by non-financial corporations at 45.9% of the share, followed by [&hel...
GAZA, Palestine (MNTV) – At least 71 Palestinians, including 22 people seeking aid, have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, Gaza’s health ministry said Thursday. Another 339 were wounded as the Israeli assault on the besieged enclave entered its 11th month. Medical sources said at least 24 people [&helli...
WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) – US President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that many Americans would like a dictator as he signed orders to tighten his federal crackdown in capital Washington and to prosecute flag-burners. During a rambling 80-minute event in the Oval Office, Trump lambasted critics and the media as he complained that he [...
MOSCOW, Russian Federation (MNTV) – The Russian Foreign Ministry said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described conditions in Gaza as “hell” and reminded Israel of its obligations as an occupying power to provide food for the population. Russia called on Israel to urgently prevent further deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Ga...