Ireland (MNTV) — Ireland’s Charlie McGettigan, who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, has said he will return his trophy to protest Israel’s continued participation in the competition, joining Swiss singer Nemo, last year’s winner, in a symbolic act of dissent. McGettigan announced the decision in a video shared on social media, saying h...
SUMATRA (MNTV) — Severe floods, landslides, and storms across South and Southeast Asia have left more than 2,000 people dead or missing, with Indonesia and Sri Lanka bearing the brunt of the devastation, according to official figures released on Saturday. Indonesia has been the hardest hit. The country’s National Disaster Management Agency sai...
ISTANBUL, Turkiye (MNTV) — Rabbi Dovid Feldman, an Orthodox Jewish leader from New York and a prominent spokesperson for Neturei Karta, says the State of Israel contradicts Jewish teachings, fuels ongoing bloodshed, and puts Jewish communities at risk worldwide. Neturei Karta rejects Zionism on theological grounds, insisting that Judaism is a ...
DOHA (MNTV) — Senior Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal says the movement will retain its weapons under a long-term truce that includes international guarantees and the deployment of a UNIFIL-style force along Gaza’s borders, insisting that disarmament is “unacceptable” to Palestinians. Speaking to Al Jazeera on Tuesday, Meshaal said pressure to forc...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) – As parts of Southeast Asia reel from the effects of deadly flooding, Indonesia faces a significantly higher death toll than its regional neighbours, reports CNA. As of Sunday (Dec 7), the archipelago had recorded at least 940 deaths, 276 people missing and around 5,000 people injured, in one of the deadliest [&hell...
GENEVA, Switzerland (MNTV) – UNICEF Communications Manager Tess Ingram said the number of underweight babies in Gaza has risen sharply in 2025, with 10% of all births — around 300 babies a month — affected in the first half of the year. The trend reflects a worsening cycle of maternal and infant malnutrition amid Israel’s […]
GAZA, Palestine (MNTV) – Israel continued to breach the U.S.-brokered and UN-mandated ceasefire on Wednesday, carrying out lethal attacks across Gaza while expanding arrests in the occupied West Bank. The violations come as a powerful winter storm moves across Palestine, worsening an already dire situation for displaced families living in frag...
TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) – Iran and Saudi Arabia held a high-level bilateral meeting in Tehran on Tuesday to discuss implementing the Beijing Agreement and advancing their diplomatic, economic, and cultural cooperation, according to Al Arabiya News. The session, attended by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht-Ravanchi ...
DAMASCUS, Syria (MNTV) – Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa marked the first anniversary of Bashar Assad’s overthrow with a pledge to advance justice, accountability, and national reconciliation, as tens of thousands filled streets across Damascus and other major cities to celebrate the milestone. The anniversary comes one year after Sharaa’s f...
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (MNTV) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, has been labeled a “foreign terrorist organization” by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in a move experts say dangerously criminalizes Muslim civic life. The state-level designation, issue...
