NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s largest Muslim personal law body has announced a nationwide mass movement to defend Islamic religious rights and constitutional protections, citing growing mob violence, demolition of Muslim properties and government policies it says are increasingly threatening the country’s Muslim minority. The All India Mus...
OTTAWA, Canada (MNTV) — A Canadian human rights group has asked the country’s tax authority to investigate 21 registered charities over alleged financial and organizational links to India’s Hindu supremacist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, raising questions about whether tax-advantaged charitable funds are supporting the organization’s tran...
KABUL, Afghanistan (MNTV) — Afghanistan’s Taliban government says it is willing to open a new chapter in relations with Washington, five years after U.S. forces withdrew, the outlet TOLOnews reported. Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi told Japan’s Kyodo News that Kabul was seeking to normalize relations with the United States on t...
BEIJING, China (MNTV) — A leading Uyghur advocacy group has called on the United Nations and governments worldwide to step up pressure on China over its treatment of Uyghurs, saying four years of international inaction have allowed Beijing to continue widespread repression without accountability. The World Uyghur Congress issued the appeal Mon...
EAST JERUSALEM, Palestine (MNTV) — Israeli authorities have begun requiring about 45,000 Palestinian students in East Jerusalem to study the Israeli curriculum, in a move critics describe as another attempt to deepen control over Palestinian education and identity in the occupied city. The policy takes effect with the beginning of the new scho...
LONDON, UK (MNTV) — Iraq and Pakistan have reached separate arrangements with Iran to facilitate the movement of oil and liquefied natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting Tehran’s growing influence over one of the world’s most important energy corridors, according to Reuters. The agreements come amid severe disruptions to energy...
DAMASCUS, Syria (MNTV) — Syria’s Sovereign Fund and UAE-based property developer Arada have signed a $7 billion agreement to develop a major residential and commercial complex in Damascus, according to Syria’s state news agency SANA. The project, named “New Damascus,” will cover approximately 4 million square meters, or about 43 million square...
DAMASCUS, Syria (MNTV) — Denmark has reopened its embassy in Damascus after a 14-year suspension of diplomatic operations, marking another step toward renewed European engagement with Syria following the fall of Bashar Assad’s government. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani attended the r...
SYDNEY, Australia (MNTV) – A Sydney library has returned to its borrowing shelves a book critical of Israel, How to Sell a Genocide, following a public campaign and an intervention from the State Library of New South Wales, Australia, reports The Guardian. Waverley Library had removed the book for review earlier this month after a […]
NEW YORK (MNTV) — RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s appearance at Madison Square Garden on August 29 has renewed scrutiny of the Hindu supremacist organization’s international footprint. Bhagwat addressed the “Universal Oneness Celebration” in New York during a US visit that is part of a wider outreach tour covering the United States, Canada and the U...
