ASTANA, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — Gennadiy Golovkin, the two-time middleweight world champion and 2004 Olympic silver medalist, has been elected president of World Boxing at the federation’s inaugural congress in Rome, The Times of Central Asia reported Sunday. Golovkin, who has led Kazakhstan’s National Olympic Committee since last year, will now o...
MANAMA, Bahrain (MNTV) — Bahrain has entered the implementation stage of its first Trade Finance Registry (TFR), a major digital infrastructure project jointly developed by BENEFIT, Singapore-based MonetaGo, and Bahrain FinTech Bay. The initiative establishes a unified digital ledger for trade-finance transactions and invoices, aiming to redu...
RABAT, Morocco (MNTV) — Morocco announced substantial progress in rebuilding communities hit by last year’s Al Haouz earthquake, with more than 53,600 homes fully reconstructed and thousands in the process, according to new figures presented to Parliament. The update was delivered by Minister of National Territory Planning Fatima Ezzahra El M...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — Eight United Nations Special Rapporteurs have raised alarm over what they describe as serious and widespread human rights violations committed by Indian authorities in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir following a deadly attack in Pahalgam on April 22. While condemning the attack that targeted a tourist area, the...
PARIS (MNTV) — French authorities have arrested the man believed to be the final suspect in the spectacular $102 million robbery at the Louvre Museum, the Paris public prosecutor’s office said Tuesday. The arrest was made early Tuesday by the Paris anti-gang brigade under a warrant issued by investigating judges, according to French outlet Le ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) — When Uzma Noorani, who runs Panah Shelter Home for women in Karachi, speaks about violence against women in Pakistan, she begins not with police, laws, or courts — but with the men who dominate the country’s power structure. “Look at the assemblies,” she says in an interview with Muslim Network TV […]...
TEHRAN (MNTV) – Iran has been designated the “golden gateway” for freight movement between China and Europe under a new transit agreement signed by six countries seeking to expand the southern branch of the China–Europe rail corridor, according to Mehr News Agency. Officials from Iran, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Turk...
KABUL (MNTV) – UNICEF has warned that Afghanistan’s prolonged drought is endangering millions of people — especially children — by severely straining already fragile water-supply systems, The Khaama Press News Agency reported. The agency said most rural communities face limited access to clean water, and earlier assessments found 8 in 10...
KABUL (MNTV) – Afghan students in India say visa delays, financial hardship and restrictions on employment are disrupting their academic progress and affecting their mental well-being, as uncertainty persists nearly four years after Afghanistan’s political transition. Many graduates report they cannot work because they still hold student...
ISLAMABAD (MNTV) – The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ruled that a husband’s failure to provide maintenance (nafaqah) amounts to continuous negligence, affirming that a wife can recover all past dues as long as her claim falls within the six-year legal limit. A three-member bench led by Justice Shahid Waheed dismissed an appeal by Muhamma...
