WASHINGTON (AA) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered two American carrier strike groups to remain in the Middle East on Sunday after Israel and Hezbollah exchanged intense cross-border fire overnight. The announcement came in the Pentagon’s reading of Austin’s call with Yoav Gallant, his Israeli counterpart. During the...
As the DNC continues, themes of ending Gaza war and defending democracy resonate deeply among delegates Muslim Network TV Desk CHICAGO (MNTV) – President Joe Biden, during the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, declared his commitment to ending the war in Gaza and reiterated the United States’ role in fostering Mid...
Since October last year Israel has killed more than 30 members of Haniyeh family, including this three sons, five grandchildren, brother, nephew and 80-year old sister Muslim Network TV Desk TEHRAN, Iran – In a shocking escalation of regional tensions, Ismail Haniyeh, the political chief of the Palestinian resistance organization Hamas, ...
The Elders, an independent group of global leaders working for peace, justice, human rights, and a sustainable planet, was founded by Nelson Mandela in 2007 Muslim Network TV Desk ANKARA (MNTV) – The Elders, an independent group of prominent global leaders, have issued a powerful call to political figures worldwide, urging immediate acti...
As the world commemorates Labor Day, a deeper, lesser-known chapter of labor history surfaces, overshadowed by the iconic 1886 protests in Chicago’s Haymarket Square. Over two decades earlier, on April 29, 1865, a significant but overlooked labor uprising occurred in Srinagar, capital of Indian held Jammu and Kashmir, marking perhaps the...
A delegation of Arab politicians, including members from Palestine, Syria, Egypt, and other countries, visited Xinjiang, China, and praised China’s policies in the region. Led by Bassam Zakarneh from Palestine, the delegation highlighted Xinjiang’s development and stability, refuting claims of Uyghur persecution. However, experts and Uyghur ri...
Iran says a blast in its consulate in Syria’s capital Damascus was the result of a strike by Israeli warplanes. Eight people were reportedly killed, including Mohammad Reza Zahedi, an officer in an elite unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, as well as several diplomats. The incident has brought a dramatic escalation in Israel’s ongoing [...
Rafah, Egypt – AFP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on a visit to the doorstep of war-ravaged Gaza, on Saturday said the world has seen enough of its horrors and appealed for a cease-fire to allow in more aid. He spoke at the crossing on the Egyptian side of Rafah, where most of Gaza’s population has […]
Houston – AFP Like her ancestors before her, Emirati astronaut Nora AlMatrooshi has spent much of her life gazing up at the stars and dreaming of flying to the Moon. This week, she became the first Arab woman to graduate from NASA’s training program, ready to blast off into the cosmos. AlMatrooshi, 31, was one […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Wednesday stormed into the city of Qalqilya, northern the occupied West Bank, and raided several homes in the city. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that the Israeli army deployed its snipers on the houses’ roofs, and imposed a closure on several neighborhoods in Qalqilya. As a result of the ...
