ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — The U.S. Afghanistan War Commission has sought Pakistan’s perspective on the two-decade Afghan conflict as it conducts a comprehensive review of Washington’s military, diplomatic and strategic engagement in the country. A delegation led by co-chairs Shamila N. Chaudhary and Colin K. Jackson met army chi...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Thousands of Muslims gathered in New Delhi on Tuesday to protest attacks, demolition threats and other actions affecting mosques and Muslim institutions across India, as police detained lawmakers, Islamic leaders, activists and students participating in the demonstration. The protest at Jantar Mantar was called by the...
LATAKIA, Syria (MNTV) — Syria has begun restoring Latakia International Airport following an agreement with Russia to transfer management of civilian facilities to Damascus, part of a wider effort to rebuild the country’s aviation network. The General Authority of Civil Aviation and Air Transport has deployed technical teams to assess and reha...
MOSCOW (MNTV) — Participants at an international conference organized by the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia called for preventing the use of religion to interfere in the internal affairs of states and for efforts to prevent provocations that could lead to armed conflict, RIA Novosti reported. In a resolution adopted after the conferen...
HOUSTON, United States (MNTV) – OpenAI said Monday that it is scrapping the release of its newest next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model over safety concerns, according to media reports. The move comes in the wake of recent industry-wide instances of rogue AI models conducting cyberattacks on their own. OpenAI nixed the plans...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Muslims in central India were forced to begin dismantling part of a roughly 600-year-old mosque themselves on Monday after authorities surrounded the site with bulldozers and police used tear gas and batons against people resisting its partial demolition. The confrontation at Shahi Masjid in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, fo...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — A dedicated center to document the Rohingya genocide and preserve survivors’ testimony, evidence and collective memory has been proposed to be established inside Bangladesh’s refugee camps, amid calls for Rohingya themselves to play a greater role in the international pursuit of recognition and justice. Professor Imt...
By Afroz Alam Sahil ISTANBUL, Türkiye (MNTV) — A new Islamic Publishing Observatory has been launched to collect data, track industry trends and provide publishers with research on an industry spanning dozens of countries, languages and markets. The initiative was announced as one of the main outcomes of the founding conference and first Gener...
CANBERRA, Australia (MNTV) — Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik, has released guidance to help the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) and the country’s universities as they prepare to adopt a definition of Islamophobia under the amended Higher Education Standards Framework, according ...
BASRA, Iraq (MNTV) — Iraq’s hopes of hosting the 28th Arabian Gulf Cup face fresh uncertainty as Bahrain and Oman consider entering the race despite Baghdad currently being the only country to have submitted an official bid. The latest developments were reported by GOAL, citing Asharq Al-Awsat, as the executive office of the Arabian Gulf [&hel...
