ISTANBUL, Türkiye (MNTV) — Water levels in Istanbul’s reservoirs have fallen to 44% following an unusually dry spring and summer, according to the Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (ISKI). The decline marks a sharp drop from March, when capacity had reached nearly 80%. Alibeyköy Dam, which stood at 65% earlier this year, has been hit ...
EDİRNE, Türkiye (MNTV) — The Sultan Bayezid II Complex Health Museum, one of Türkiye’s most visited heritage sites, has begun welcoming visitors in the evenings as part of the Culture and Tourism Ministry’s “night museum” initiative. Commissioned in 1488 by Sultan Bayezid II as a hospital, medical school, and public kitchen, the külliye today ...
MANILA, the Philippines (MNTV) – Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has deployed soldiers to provide security within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) ahead of its first-ever parliamentary elections on October 13, reports GMA News Online. AFP spokesperson Colonel Francel Margareth Padilla said the number of troops...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) – Malaysia’s approved investment performance in the first half of 2025 has sparked optimism about surpassing last year’s record, reports the Business Times. With 190.3 billion Malaysian ringgit ($44.8 billion) in approved investments secured in the first half of 2025, Malaysia is already past the half...
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) – As US billionaires push the boundaries of artificial intelligence and biotechnology, a Turkish philosophy professor has warned that brain–computer interfaces, AI implants, genetic engineering and mind uploading require urgent ethical safeguards to prevent the risk of “dehumanization.” Ahmet Dag of Bursa Uludag ...
WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) – US President Donald Trump warned that he might deploy National Guard troops to Baltimore following Maryland Governor Wes Moore’s invitation for a public safety walk through the city. “Governor Wes Moore of Maryland has asked, in a rather nasty and provocative tone, that I ‘walk the streets o...
CARACAS, Venezuela (MNTV) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s has ordered to mobilize 4.5 million members in response to the recent deployment by the US of warships to the Caribbean while supporters of the Venezuelan government turned out during the weekend to enroll in the country’s militia. The military deployment, ordered by...
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) – UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said Gaza’s famine crisis is caused by failed aid delivery, not food shortages, as children continue dying of starvation. “Children have been spending months and months without sufficient food,” Russell told CBS. “We see just a horrible situati...
OTTAWA, Canada (MNTV) – Canadian Minister for International Development Randeep Sarai voiced alarm over “horrific deteriorating conditions” in Gaza and said, “Canada is deeply alarmed by the horrific deteriorating conditions in Gaza and by the increase in civilian deaths, among them children, from starvation. “The independent...
WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) – India has hired Mercury Public Affairs, a high-profile lobbying firm with close ties to US President Donald Trump, as tensions between Washington and New Delhi deepen. According to filings with the US Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), the Indian Embassy in Washington will...
