COTABATO CITY, Philippines (MNTV) – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has made history with the passage of the Bangsamoro Labor and Employment Code (BLEC), a landmark law that sets fairer standards for wages, workplace safety, and workers’ rights across the region, reports Newsline Philippines. The Parliament approved...
TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) — Iran will suspend visa-free entry for Indian passport holders beginning Nov. 22 after a series of trafficking and abduction cases involving fake job offers, India’s embassy in Tehran said Monday. According to the advisory, criminal networks posing as travel or recruitment agents used the visa-waiver scheme to lure Indian ...
HUNZA, Pakistan (MNTV) — In a small center built into the rugged mountains of Hunza, a team of artisans with disabilities is keeping alive one of the region’s rarest traditions: the Sharma, a hand-woven goat-hair rug that once adorned households across northern Pakistan. The centuries-old craft now survives in only a few places, including a [&...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that women’s inheritance is a “divinely bestowed” right that cannot be overridden by culture, tradition, or family pressure, and ordered the state to actively ensure women receive the shares guaranteed to them under Islamic law, Pakistan Today reported. In a strongly worded seven-...
BERLIN, Germany (MNTV) – French President Emmanuel Macron warned that Europe risks losing control of its digital future unless it stops relying on American and Chinese technology companies and builds its own industrial champions. Speaking at the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin, Macron said Europe “does not want to be the clien...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A false rumor about beef sparked violent unrest in the northern Indian city of Haldwani on November 16, after Hindu extremist groups mobilized around an unverified claim and targeted Muslim residents in a neighborhood already tense from recent communal rhetoric. Police later confirmed that the meat fragment at the ce...
LONDON (MNTV) — A Sri Lankan social media influencer has admitted building a lucrative business by pushing Islamophobic and anti-migrant narratives at British audiences, raising fresh questions about how hate content is rewarded on major platforms. Geeth Sooriyapura, who flaunts a luxury lifestyle online and calls himself a “Facebook ads king...
ALGIERS, Algiers (MNTV) — Algeria expressed readiness to support mediation efforts between Morocco and the Polisario Front aimed at resolving the longstanding Western Sahara dispute. The move comes after the United Nations Security Council on October 31 endorsed Morocco’s plan, granting autonomy to Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty. A...
WASHINGTON (MNTV) — US President Donald Trump officially designated Saudi Arabia as a Major Non-NATO Ally, elevating defense relations and expanding cooperation between Washington and Riyadh. The announcement came during a black-tie White House dinner honoring Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, underscoring the symbolic and strategic weight of...
NEW YORK (MNTV) — The UN Security Council’s adoption of a US-drafted resolution backing President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan has created distrust among Palestinian movements, with the Palestinian Authority (PA) welcoming the measure while resistance factions cast it as foreign control over the territory. The Council endorsed the propos...
