BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) — Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov says a $55 million mosque-madrasa complex funded by businessman Abdukadyr Khabibulla will serve as the foundation of a new state-run Islamic education system designed to curb the influence of unsupervised foreign teachings. Speaking to the Kabar news agency, Japarov said the complex —...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — The raid on the Kashmir Times newsroom by the State Investigation Agency has triggered strong criticism from journalists, activists and global press-freedom advocates, who say the action underscores a tightening clampdown on independent media in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Officials have filed a case again...
By Mushfiq Ahmed KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) – Pakistan’s philosophy education is facing a severe structural breakdown, as universities struggle to fill long-vacant posts, rely on unqualified instructors, and drift away from systematic curricula once considered academically rigorous. Conversation with Dr Abdul Wahab Suri, a senior philosophy te...
WASHINGTON (AA/MNTV) — The U.S. State Department has signed off on a potential $92.8 million arms package for India that includes Javelin anti-tank missiles and Excalibur precision artillery rounds, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). In its notification, the DSCA said India requested 100 FGM-148 Javelin rounds, a fly-...
JOHOR BARU, Malaysia (MNTV) – After more than a decade of battling kidney failure, countless hospital visits and a failed transplant, Dr Noraida Abd Manaf finally stood on stage at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) to receive the PhD she once feared she might never finish, reports The Star. The former lecturer’s journey towards the doctorat...
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (MNTV) – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has made history with the passage of the Bangsamoro Labor and Employment Code (BLEC), a landmark law that sets fairer standards for wages, workplace safety, and workers’ rights across the region, reports Newsline Philippines. The Parliament approved...
TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) — Iran will suspend visa-free entry for Indian passport holders beginning Nov. 22 after a series of trafficking and abduction cases involving fake job offers, India’s embassy in Tehran said Monday. According to the advisory, criminal networks posing as travel or recruitment agents used the visa-waiver scheme to lure Indian ...
HUNZA, Pakistan (MNTV) — In a small center built into the rugged mountains of Hunza, a team of artisans with disabilities is keeping alive one of the region’s rarest traditions: the Sharma, a hand-woven goat-hair rug that once adorned households across northern Pakistan. The centuries-old craft now survives in only a few places, including a [&...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that women’s inheritance is a “divinely bestowed” right that cannot be overridden by culture, tradition, or family pressure, and ordered the state to actively ensure women receive the shares guaranteed to them under Islamic law, Pakistan Today reported. In a strongly worded seven-...
BERLIN, Germany (MNTV) – French President Emmanuel Macron warned that Europe risks losing control of its digital future unless it stops relying on American and Chinese technology companies and builds its own industrial champions. Speaking at the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin, Macron said Europe “does not want to be the clien...
