NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned India’s sweeping crackdown on freedom of expression, calling out the use of sedition and preventive detention laws to arrest over 125 people for social media posts deemed ‘anti-India’ or ‘pro-Pakistan.’ In a strong statement, the IFJ urged Indian authorit...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — Uzbekistan has announced plans to build its own national artificial intelligence (AI) model, aiming to merge cutting-edge technology with the country’s cultural and historical identity. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev unveiled the initiative during a ceremony marking Youth Day, calling the project a digital reflecti...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — Two Kazakh scientists have developed a new cancer treatment drug that has shown remarkable results in laboratory trials, drawing attention from major pharmaceutical companies abroad. The breakthrough drug, named Sovetonko, is already valued at $160 million by international firm London Rate. According to a report by ...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) — The international equestrian endurance race known as The Gallops is set to make its debut in Central Asia this July, with the 2025 edition taking place around the high-altitude lake of Son-Kul in Kyrgyzstan’s Naryn region. Scheduled for July 19 to 27, Gallops 2025 will begin in the mountain village of […]...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — Two Muslim prisoners in Uzbekistan have had their prison terms extended in what human rights groups describe as an ongoing campaign against peaceful religious expression, particularly Islamic practices viewed as politically sensitive by the state. The two men — Tulkun Astanov and Fariduddin Abduvokhidov — were bot...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — In a move drawing concern from civil rights observers, Kazakhstan has enacted a new law banning face-covering clothing in public spaces — a policy widely seen as targeting Muslim women, despite avoiding explicit religious references. The legislation, signed by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, prohibits wearing any g...
BERLIN (MNTV) – A Muslim student society at Berlin’s Charité university hospital, Europe’s largest of its kind, has been banned after hosting a gender-segregated meeting. The decision has drawn criticism from Muslims who view it as an attack on cultural and religious practices. The Medislam Collective (MSC), a group for Muslim medi...
BERLIN (MNTV) – Mosque attacks in Germany surged to 175 in 2024, marking a fourfold increase since 2021, according to Muharrem Kuzey, head of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB). Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Kuzey highlighted a troubling escalation in Islamophobic hate crimes, particularly after the onset of the Israe...
DUBLIN (MNTV) – Ireland’s Deputy Premier Simon Harris has announced the government’s commitment to introducing services provisions in a bill banning imports from Israeli settlements, provided it withstands legal scrutiny. The Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025, approved by the Cabinet, marks I...
MNTV Desk OTTAWA, Canada (MNTV) – Every year on July 1, Canadians come together to celebrate Canada Day, marking the anniversary of the Canadian Confederation in 1867. This historic date saw the unification of three colonies—United Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick—into a single Dominion within the British Empire, under what was th...
