DOHA, Qatar (MNTV) — The Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) has concluded its cultural activities held alongside the Arab Cup, marking the end of an integrated program designed to complement the sporting event and highlight Qatar’s cultural identity. Organized across Katara’s various venues, the program drew large crowds and strong participa...
SA’ADA, Yemen (MNTV) — Tens of thousands of Yemenis gathered in the northern city of Sa’ada on Friday to protest the desecration of the Holy Qur’an in the United States, amid growing anger across the Muslim world over what demonstrators described as repeated anti-Islam actions. The mass rally was held under the slogan “general mobilization [&h...
ADEN, Yemen (MNTV) — A series of meetings between the US ambassador to Yemen and senior Yemeni officials reflects renewed American efforts to strengthen political and security cooperation with the Yemeni government, according to English Aaswat news. The engagement also aims to contain internal divisions within the internationally recognized l...
ABU DHABI, UAE (MNTV) — World leaders, philanthropists, and global health organizations have pledged $1.9 billion in Abu Dhabi to accelerate efforts to eradicate polio worldwide, marking a major boost for one of the longest-running public health campaigns. The pledge was announced during the Investing in Humanity event held as part of Abu Dhab...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Newly published draft electoral rolls in India’s eastern state of West Bengal have sharply contradicted claims by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that millions of Rohingya refugees and undocumented Bangladeshi migrants are fraudulently registered as voters, exposing a significant gap between political rhetoric and of...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A senior leader of India’s Hindu supremacist movement has described Hinduism as “supreme” and suggested that Muslims in the country should adopt Hindu-linked practices such as worshipping rivers, trees, and the Sun, remarks that have reignited concerns over religious hierarchy and pressure on minorities to culturally ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Violence targeting India’s Christian minority broke out in a remote village in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh after tensions over a burial escalated into mob attacks, leaving several people injured and at least two churches set on fire, officials and rights groups said. The unrest occurred on Thursday in [&h...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A migrant worker from eastern India was beaten to death by a group of local residents in the southern Indian state of Kerala after being accused of theft and questioned about whether he was “Bangladeshi,” in an incident that has reignited concerns over mob violence and identity-based profiling. The victim, […]...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — Police in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir have seized the mobile phone of a senior journalist without presenting a warrant or case details, in an incident that has renewed concerns over press freedom and the safety of reporters working in the region. Jehangir Ali, a journalist affiliated with an independent new...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — The Maldivian government has begun implementing a new policy to finance undergraduate degrees, making public university education free for eligible students and extending partial funding to private institutions, in one of the country’s most significant higher-education reforms in recent years. The initiative was formall...