37+ min ago   (934+ words) KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) — Indonesia’s transformation since independence has been “quite remarkable,” according to economist Asep Suryahadi, who has watched the country move from widespread poverty and illiteracy to an upper-middle-income economy with a growing role in regional and global affairs....

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (213+ words) GAZA CITY, Palestine (MNTV) – Three Palestinians were injured on Saturday in an Israeli drone strike targeting a motorcycle in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. The attack was the latest Israeli violation of a ceasefire agreement in effect since…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (200+ words) RAMALLAH, Palestine (MNTV) – Several Palestinians, including children, suffered from tear gas inhalation on Saturday, when Israeli forces raided the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said. Israeli occupiers…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (200+ words) JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) – A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least 14, triggering panic, and causing buildings and homes to collapse in an area vulnerable to quakes, according to authorities. A tsunami warning issued by Indonesia’s Meteorology,…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (275+ words) ANKARA (MNTV) – Rebuffing US President Donald Trump’s claim that he would declare the Strait of Hormuz US territory, a senior Iranian diplomat said Friday: “The Strait of Hormuz cannot be seized by a tweet, an aircraft carrier, an order, or…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (803+ words) BERLIN (MNTV) — On paper, it looks like a breakthrough. In the first six months of 2026, German authorities recorded 231 politically motivated crimes classified as “Islam-hostile,” compared with 489 in the same period a year earlier and 543 in the closing half of 2025. Taken…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (665+ words) By MNTV Staff Writer France’s highest constitutional authority has struck down President Emmanuel Macron’s ban on social media for children under 15, ruling that it disproportionately infringed on freedom of expression — a significant setback for one of the flagship measures of…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (243+ words) BEIRUT, Lebanon (MNTV) – At least seven people were killed and three others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house in southern Lebanon early Saturday, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported. Israeli warplanes struck the house on the outskirts of…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (509+ words) RAMALLAH, Palestine (MNTV) — The Palestinian presidency has condemned escalating attacks by Israeli forces and settlers across the occupied West Bank, warning that continued violence is undermining prospects for peace and could further destabilize the region. Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (179+ words) So, is there no blockade? Or is there? The result: In the face of superior firepower and America’s infinite resources, Iran did what little it could to defend itself; it shut down the Strait. A fully justified action by a…...