NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (MNTV) — Iran’s U16 men’s volleyball team clinched a dominant victory over Japan in straight sets, securing a place in the final of the 2025 Asian U16 Men’s Volleyball Championship. In a confident display, the Iranian squad overcame their East Asian rivals with set scores of 25-20, 25-22, and 25-19. The win […]...
Iftikhar Gilani As the world focuses on wars across the world, India is waging a largely unreported war deep within its own borders. Known as “Operation Karghar,” this massive military campaign is targeting Maoist rebels—locally called Naxalites—in the tribal heartlands of central India. The Indian government has deployed more than 10,000 hea...
KABUL, Afghanistan (MNTV) — Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan have signed a framework agreement to launch a feasibility study for the long-delayed Termez–Kharlachi railway, a key component of the broader Trans-Afghan Railway project aimed at linking Central Asia to the Arabian Sea. The trilateral deal was signed in Kabul on July 17 during ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A 19-year-old Muslim youth was shot dead and several others were critically injured after Indian security forces opened fire on displaced families resisting eviction in the northeastern state of Assam on Thursday. The victim, identified as Sakuwar Hussain, was killed when forest officials and armed personnel arrived i...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — The Maldives has launched a new global brand aimed at boosting its fish exports, positioning the Indian Ocean archipelago as a premium source of sustainably caught seafood. President Mohamed Muizzu introduced the brand — titled “From Maldives” — during a business forum in London on Thursday, as part of a broader [&helli...
WASHINGTON DC (MNTV) — Just weeks after a stunning victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani arrived in the nation’s capital on Wednesday to begin what he called “the next chapter” — not just for his campaign, but for the broader progressive movement. The 33-year-old democratic socialist, who represents ...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan MNTV) — Kyrgyzstan will host the fourth edition of the Meikin Asia International Festival of Pop Music Performers from July 20 to 22, bringing together emerging artists from over 25 countries in a celebration of global music and cultural exchange. Deputy Minister of Culture, Information and Youth Policy Timurlan Azhimaliev ...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV)— The regional wing of India’s Congress Party in Indian-administered Kashmir has announced a protest campaign demanding the restoration of statehood, five years after the region was stripped of autonomy and placed under direct rule from New Delhi. Tariq Hameed Karra, the Congress chief for Indian-administered Kashmir, s...
KABUL/ WASHINGTON DC (MNTV)— Nearly 500 tons of emergency food meant for starving children in Afghanistan and Pakistan will be incinerated after delays caused by Donald Trump’s shutdown of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The high-energy biscuits — designed to feed 27,000 malnourished children — expired this month while sit...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — The Bangladeshi government has declared July 18 as “Free Internet Day,” offering 1GB of complimentary data to all mobile phone users in remembrance of the July Uprising — a student-led movement that shook the country’s political establishment last year. The initiative, led by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunicati...
