4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (421+ words) BOGOTA, Colombia, (MNTV) – The US and Colombia signed two strategic memorandums of understanding Tuesday during a ceremony in the Colombian coastal city of Barranquilla attended by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella and Foreign…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (210+ words) AMMAN, Jordan (MNTV) – Jordan said early Wednesday that its air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 18 ballistic missiles launched from Iran. A military spokesperson said 20 ballistic missiles targeted Jordanian territory, with 18 successfully intercepted and destroyed and two landing in open areas…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (297+ words) In a statement, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group carried out a “large-scale” military operation using dozens of ballistic missiles and drones. He said the attacks targeted Aramco facilities in Abha, Najran and Jizan, as well as Khamis…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (455+ words) TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) – Iran will declare a new “restricted” maritime zone outside the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days, the country’s top national security official said Sunday, warning that any vessel entering the area would be placed on a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (438+ words) DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh is set to sharply expand its ability to refine crude oil at home under a $1 billion financing deal with the Islamic Development Bank, reducing its reliance on imported finished fuels and potentially saving hundreds of millions…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (491+ words) NAYPYIDAW, Burma (MNTV) — Rohingya Muslims in Burma are facing renewed persecution, forced labor and displacement while a rapidly expanding rare earth mining industry is poisoning ethnic communities and exploiting vulnerable workers, according to a new United Nations report documenting how…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (340+ words) SYDNEY, Australia (MNTV) — For Muslims in a remote village along Papua New Guinea’s Highlands Highway, Friday prayers once meant gathering in temporary bush shelters. That changed on Aug. 1, when Musa Stranger, one of Australia’s most followed Muslim converts, helped open…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (397+ words) DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Hundreds of schoolchildren in Bangladesh’s disaster-prone coastal district of Cox’s Bazar have received training on how to seek help in cases of violence, abuse and other emergencies, as part of an effort to close information gaps that…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (340+ words) WASHINGTON (MNTV) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Mike Hammer, the head of the US diplomatic mission in Havana, to discuss the situation in Cuba, according to local media. The meeting took place at the White House and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (186+ words) KABUL, Afghanistan (MNTV) — Afghanistan’s Taliban government says it is willing to open a new chapter in relations with Washington, five years after U.S. forces withdrew, the outlet TOLOnews reported. Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi told Japan’s Kyodo News that…...