KABUL, Afghanistan (MNTV) — With schools and universities still barred to girls, many Afghan women are pursuing religious studies, even as they urge authorities to restore access to formal education. Girls and women in Afghanistan are increasingly enrolling in religious madrasas to continue their education after schools and universities were c...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — A court operating under India’s counter-terrorism framework has ordered the seizure of property belonging to Kashmiri-American political advocate Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, a move that rights observers say reflects the expanding reach of India’s security laws against overseas voices linked to Kashmir’s self-determination m...
KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) — Farmers devastated by Pakistan’s 2022 floods say they are taking their fight for climate justice to German courts, arguing that major global polluters should be held financially accountable for losses caused by extreme weather. Farmers from Pakistan’s flood-ravaged Sindh province on Thursday announced the...
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) – China’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Sun Lei, at an emergency session of the Security Council on Venezuela said, “For some time now, under the pretext of combating drug trafficking, the United States has continued to increase its military deployment in the waters of the Car...
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) – The United Nations has warned that ongoing Israeli military operations and illegal Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank continue to place Palestinians at serious risk and deepen humanitarian needs. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said: “Over the past two weeks,...
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) – The UN Security Council (UNSC) will convene at the request of the Venezuelan government to discuss what Caracas characterizes as “ongoing US aggression.” The meeting will take place as the US escalates its campaign against the Maduro regime with additional strikes against alleged drug trafficking ve...
MOSCOW (MNTV) — Anna, a 33-year-old former business owner from Moscow, says she became the only woman serving in Russia’s Akhmat battalion during the early stages of the war in Ukraine, a role she says tested her leadership and resolve amid intense fighting in 2023. Anna, who asked to be identified by her first name […]
YEREVAN, Armenia (MNTV) — Azerbaijan has sent a rail shipment of gasoline to Armenia for the first time in decades, a move observers describe as a tangible step toward normalizing relations between the longtime rivals. Twenty-two railway tankers carrying AI-95 gasoline were dispatched from Azerbaijan on Dec. 18 and reached Armenia via Georgia,...
SYDNEY, Australia (MNTV) — Authorities in Australia are tightening restrictions on demonstrations in support of Palestinians in response to the Bondi Beach attack, reports NBC News. In New South Wales, the Australian state where the attack took place, police will be granted expanded powers to shut down unauthorized protests, while tougher hate...
ALGIERS, Algeria (MNTV) — Algerian lawmakers are set to vote on a draft law that would criminalize France’s colonial rule in Algeria, a move described by the parliament speaker as a “defining milestone” in the nation’s contemporary history. The legislation, scheduled for discussion on December 24 in the People’s National Assembly, is designed ...
