By Iftikhar Gilani ANKARA, Türkiye (MNTV) — Visitors walking through the newly developed Beştepe Nation’s Forest in the Turkish capital can travel symbolically from the steppes of Central Asia to the shores of the Mediterranean without leaving Ankara. According to official project information, the sprawling complex covers 645,000 square metres...
By Iftikhar Gilani ANKARA, Türkiye (MNTV) — Leaders of five Turkic nations concluded a two-day summit in Ankara on Friday with an ambitious plan to transform the vast territory stretching from Central Asia to the Mediterranean into a major global trade and transportation hub. They also decided to place the Middle Corridor at the center [&helli...
MNTV News Desk Myanmar’s military junta handed lengthy prison sentences to two Islamic teachers last week, more than a year after accusing them of supporting the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) following the group’s capture of the town of Nawnghkio in northern Shan State, reports Myanmar Now. Junta troops retook Nawnghkio in July 2025,...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) – Malaysia’s trade with BRICS member countries rose 20% to $114 billion in the first half of this year, reports NST. Deputy Foreign Minister Lukanisman Awang Sauni told the Dewan Rakyat, the lower chamber of the parliament, that exports increased 17.4% to $43 billion, while imports grew 21.7% to $71 billion ...
ADELAIDE, Australia (MNTV) – Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah has accepted an invitation to appear at next year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week, after a furore over the axing of a planned appearance last year led to the 2026 event’s cancellation and the resignation of its director, reports ABC News. The 2027 festival...
By Iftikhar Gilani ANKARA, Türkiye (MNTV) — The Turkic world stretches from the shores of the Mediterranean to the mountains bordering India and China. Its peoples share centuries of history, related languages, and cultural traditions. Yet only a handful live in independent Turkic-majority states. Millions of others remain within the borders o...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (MNTV) — Families of thousands of people who disappeared during decades of political violence and civil war in Sri Lanka have renewed demands for justice, accusing successive governments of failing to uncover the fate of their loved ones and provide adequate compensation to survivors. Around 500 people, including relatives o...
YANGON, Burma (MNTV) — A 14-year-old Rohingya Muslim boy who was forcibly recruited by the Arakan Army in western Burma is reportedly being sent to the front lines of the country’s civil war, prompting an emotional appeal from his uncle over the use of children in armed conflict. The boy was taken from Buthidaung Township […]
MOSCOW, Russia (MNTV) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has discussed expanding nuclear cooperation with Russia, including possible new reactors after 2030, during talks with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. According to Egyptian media, the meeting took place at the Kremlin on Wednesday on the sidelines of the third Russia-Africa Su...
TEL AVIV, Israel (MNTV) — Benjamin Netanyahu appeared likely to remain Israel’s caretaker prime minister after his right-wing bloc fell short of a parliamentary majority, with opposition divisions and resistance to cooperation with Arab-led parties complicating efforts to replace him. According to Arab News, projections based on nearly 8...
