KOLKATA, India (MNTV) — Senior leaders of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state of West Bengal publicly honored two men accused of assaulting a Muslim street vendor in Kolkata, prompting outrage from rights advocates who say the gesture normalizes mob violence and deepens hostility toward Muslims. The episode stems from an ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) – Trade negotiations between Indonesia and the U.S. remain ongoing, the government insists, seeking to dispel reported U.S. concerns over the implementation of a deal agreed in July. “There are no specific issues with the discussions, and normal dynamics are part of the process,” a spokesman for the Office of the Coor...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) – A comprehensive review of child safety risks in online gaming is being carried out by the Malaysian government which will include stakeholders’ input, says Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching. The Star quoted her as saying that the review is intended to provide a holistic overview of effective regulato...
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) – The Burma Human Rights Network has called on the United Nations to impose a global arms embargo on Myanmar’s military rulers amid continued persecution of the country’s Muslims. The group urged the UN Security Council to “end its inaction and refer the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal [&hellip...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (MNTV) — King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden presented the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to American-Palestinian chemist Omar M. Yaghi. The award honors his decades-long leadership in developing metal-organic frameworks — porous, sponge-like structures now central to capturing carbon, storing gases, and harvesting water in arid r...
TEL AVIV, Israel (MNTV) — Israel has granted final approval for 764 housing units across three settlements in the occupied West Bank, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced, a move criticized by the human rights groups as a plans for violent occupation of Palestine. Since taking office in late 2022, Smotrich, a redical Zionist, said that ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (MNTV) — Once home to thriving fig orchards, Kandahar’s Shah Wali Kot district has become one of southern Afghanistan’s starkest examples of climate-driven collapse, with years of drought leaving families without even basic drinking water, The Afghan Times reports. The orchards that once sustained livelihoods have disappeare...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — Pakistan plans to introduce its first national “stablecoin” as part of a broader push to bring virtual assets into the formal financial system, the head of the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) announced. Speaking at Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai, PVARA Chairman Bilal Bin Saqib said the countr...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) — A recent look at national eating habits reveals an uncomfortable contradiction – Malaysians have plenty to eat, yet many are still malnourished. The issue, experts say, lies in the quality of food, not the quantity, reports Business Today. Dr Lee Ching Li, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics at IMU [&hell...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) – Indonesian businesses are hoping that Jakarta does not fall into the same trap as Malaysia did in its U.S. tariff negotiations, reports Jakarta Globe. Jakarta is still trying to bring down Washington’s import tax on strategic commodities like palm oil to zero as negotiations continue. Malaysia – Indonesia’s t...
