MOSCOW, Russia (MNTV) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said the United States did not invite him to return to the G7, pushing back against speculation following his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law and informal adviser Jared Kushner in the Kremlin. “No, the topic simply came up. An...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — Medical waste management systems have been installed and officially handed over across 21 islands in the Maldives, marking a major effort to improve public health and protect the country’s fragile marine environment from hazardous healthcare waste. The initiative forms part of a $4.4 million regional project led by the ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of actively discouraging visiting foreign leaders from meeting him, describing the practice as a break from democratic convention and evidence of what he called growing political insecurity within the ruling establishment....
MUMBAI, India (MNTV) — The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to Hany Babu, a Muslim academic and professor at Delhi University, who spent more than five years in prison without trial under India’s controversial anti-terror law in the Bhima Koregaon case — a prosecution widely condemned by rights groups as a tool to […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India recorded nearly 3,000 arrests in 2023 under its sweeping anti-terror legislation but secured only 118 convictions, according to official data presented in Parliament on Tuesday, deepening concerns that the law is being used more to detain than to prosecute. Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai told t...
MUMBAI, India (MNTV) — A college in India’s financial capital Mumbai revoked its ban on the burqa and niqab after a group of Muslim female students launched a hunger strike, accusing the administration of violating their constitutional right to religious freedom. The dispute highlights growing tensions around clothing restrictions targeting M...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India recorded 209 cases of hate crimes targeting religious and social minorities in November 2025, according to a new report published by the Justice and Empowerment of Minorities (JEM), an initiative of the influential Muslim organization Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. The findings highlight growing hostility and institution...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh has launched a major energy initiative to drill three deep gas exploration wells as the country struggles with intensifying fuel shortages and growing dependence on expensive imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), which has disrupted daily life and hit industrial production across multiple regions. The proj...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Ukraine and Sweden have delivered 3,000 metric tons of sunflower oil to Bangladesh to support food assistance for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, arriving as the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns that deepening funding shortages could trigger severe ration cuts next year. The shipment, provided throug...
KARAK, Jordan (MNTV) – Jordanian authorities have unveiled a detailed plan to preserve Karak Castle, rehabilitate heritage buildings, and revitalize the old city streets, following directives from King Abdullah II. The Higher Committee, responsible for implementing the initiative, convened at the Royal Court with chief of the Royal Court Youse...
