YEREVAN, Armenia (MNTV) — Armenian civil society representatives who traveled to Azerbaijan on Nov. 21–22 to meet with their counterparts under the “Bridge of Peace” Initiative shared the outcomes of their visit Monday at a press conference in Yerevan, Armenpress reported. The five-member Armenian delegation — Areg Kochinyan of the Security Po...
BAKU, Azerbaijan (MNTV) — Gular Zeynalova, a PhD candidate at the Abdulla Garayev Institute of Physiology and lecturer at Baku Basic Medical College No. 2, represented Azerbaijan at the 2nd Conference on Biochemistry, Biotechnology, and Stem Cells in Milan, Italy. Zeynalova presented her paper, “Age Dynamics of Biochemical Indicators During Ph...
TEL AVIV, Israel (MNTV) — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that there would be “no calm” in Lebanon until Israel’s security is fully guaranteed, signaling potential escalation following recent strikes on Hezbollah members in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Katz told the Israeli parliament that enforcement airstrikes would continue and ev...
WASHINGTON (AA) — The United Nations on Tuesday formally launched the process to select its next secretary-general, as the presidents of the Security Council and the General Assembly issued a joint letter inviting member states to submit nominations and outlining the procedures for the coming months. “Noting with regret that no woman has ever ...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — With unusually dry autumn weather persisting and no rainfall expected soon, Uzbekistan’s top religious authority has called for a nationwide istiska, the Islamic prayer for rain. The prayer will be held after Friday prayers on 28 November in all mosques, the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan announced. Mufti Nuriddin Kho...
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...
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 ...
By Mushfiq Ahmad 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 […]...
GENEVA (MNTV) – Pakistan has called on the UN General Assembly to confront the question of veto power as part of comprehensive reforms to the Security Council, warning that the unchecked authority of its five permanent members is blocking action on major crises. Addressing a debate on the veto, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the ...
