DOHA, Qatar (MNTV) — The Bollywood film Dhurandhar, starring Ranveer Singh, has been banned from release across six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, following reports of concerns over its perceived anti-Pakistan messaging. According to industry sources...
RABAT, Morocco (MNTV) — Morocco has achieved a major cultural milestone with the Fassi caftan officially inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, resolving a long-standing dispute with neighboring Algeria over claims to the garment. Algeria had previously sought to include the Fassi caftan in its own UNESCO submission, but Moro...
TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) — Archaeologists have uncovered a 7,000-year-old prehistoric village beneath the historic city of Dehdasht in southwestern Iran, revealing one of the region’s earliest known settlements and offering fresh insight into ancient urban development, state media reported. The discovery was made during the first archaeological exc...
HERAT CITY, Afghanistan (MNTV) — In a milestone for Afghanistan’s artisan economy, traditional glassware crafted in Herat has been exported to Europe and the United States for the first time, Pajhwok Afghan News reported. Officials said 500 pieces of decorative mosaic-style glass ornaments — featuring intricate miniature artwork and made using...
KABUL, Afghanistan (MNTV) — Taliban authorities in western Afghanistan have detained four young men in Herat after they were seen wearing outfits inspired by the British TV series Peaky Blinders, accusing them of promoting “foreign culture,” officials said. The arrests occurred in Jebrael township, said Saif-ul-Islam Khyber, spokesperson for t...
BERLIN, Germany (MNTV) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said parts of the new US national security strategy unveiled last week were “unacceptable to us from a European perspective.” “I see no need for the Americans to now want to save democracy in Europe,” Merz said after the document accused Europe of undermining political liberty and [&hel...
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) – UN officer-in-charge for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas Kayoko Gotoh warned the humanitarian and security situation in Ukraine is rapidly deteriorating as the country approaches a fourth winter of war. “As the holiday season approaches, Ukrainian civilians are preparing to end yet another difficult year ...
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the global humanitarian system is being pushed to the brink as funding for the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) falls to its lowest level in a decade. “We meet in very difficult times,” Guterres told the High-Level Pledging Event for the 2026 CERF, [&helli...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — In a rare gesture of interfaith solidarity at a time when religious tensions are deepening across India, a Sikh family in Punjab has donated a portion of their privately owned land to help the local Muslim community build a mosque, after residents had struggled for years without a space for […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A 39-year-old Muslim vendor who travelled from village to village selling artificial jewellery died from severe injuries in northern India after being violently assaulted by a group of villagers, the latest incident underscoring growing fears over mob attacks targeting minority communities. Police identified the victi...
