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SEOUL: North Korean leader ​Kim Jong Un’s teenage daughter drove an army ‌tank with her father sitting behind her in photos from state news agency KCNA on Friday, with analysts suggesting ​she may be training to succeed him. Kim’s daughter, ​known as Ju Ae and believed to be ⁠around 13 years old, has been making increasingly ​frequent public appearances with her father in recent months. In ​the latest photos, she is seen looking out the driver’s hatch with an expression of intent focus and her hair blowing, ​while her grinning father leans against the turret ​and three uniformed military officers sit on the hull.…

LONDON: Leading European nations, Japan and Canada issued a joint statement,on Thursday saying they were ready to join appropriate efforts to ensure ​safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz and would take steps to ‌stabilise energy markets. This is the full text of the statement from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan and Canada: We condemn in the strongest terms recent attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels ​in the Gulf, attacks on civilian infrastructure including oil and gas installations, and ​the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian ⁠forces. We express our deep concern about the escalating conflict. We call…

DOHA/WASHINGTON/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel launched a fresh wave of attacks on Iran on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump told it not to repeat its strikes on Iranian ​natural gas infrastructure, which sharply escalated the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The conflict has killed thousands of people, spread to neighbouring nations and hit the global economy since the United States ‌and Israel launched strikes on February 28, after talks about Tehran’s nuclear program failed to yield a deal. “The IDF has just begun a wave of strikes against the infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime in the heart of Tehran,” a spokesperson for…

Shortly after returning to her high school in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Huang Huachun slipped back into her classroom routine, carrying with her a renewed mission from Beijing to push for stronger mental health support for millions of Chinese students. Huang, the school’s vice principal, was among nearly 3,000 deputies who attended this year’s session of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, in Beijing earlier this month. During the session, Huang submitted a suggestion calling for mental health checkups to be integrated into regular health examinations for primary and secondary school students. As an NPC deputy,…

Chinese authorities have revealed plans to strengthen both price monitoring and cost investigations in further efforts to regulate competition in the new energy vehicle (NEV) industry. As part of these endeavors, authorities will also seek to regulate automotive finance policies and maintain long-term efforts to crack down on online malpractice in the industry, according to three government departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which recently jointly held a symposium with NEV companies. Relevant authorities have vowed stronger inter-departmental coordination and greater emphasis on innovation-driven growth, so as to promote the high-quality development of this industry. During the…

China and Turkmenistan are reinforcing a relationship defined by consistency and strategic trust since 1992, when the two nations established diplomatic ties. That message was underscored during Wednesday’s meeting in Beijing between Chinese President Xi Jinping and National Leader of the Turkmen People Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who is also Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan. A week ago, China concluded its annual Two Sessions, where lawmakers approved the outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) for national economic and social development. Against that backdrop, China sees itself moving forward – not in isolation, but alongside partners. A bedrock of mutual…

China  issued a guideline outlining arrangements for pilot work to extend rural land contracts by an additional 30 years upon the expiration of the second-round contracts. The document, jointly issued by the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council, comprises 15 specific measures with a mandate to strengthen the protection of farmers’ contractual land rights and interests, enhance the management of rural land contracting, and reinforce organization work and leadership, among others. The document emphasizes the unchanged policies of unwaveringly upholding the collective ownership of rural land and the…

The Legislative Assembly of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) held a plenary session on Thursday, during which it unanimously passed the bill for the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Macao SAR. According to the legislative body, the bill, in the form of law, clearly stipulates the committee’s functions, composition and operational framework, providing it with a more solid legal foundation. Safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests is the highest principle of “One Country, Two Systems” and a constitutional responsibility of the Macao SAR, the SAR government stated. It vowed to fully support the committee in performing…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation with British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper upon the latter’s request on Thursday, exchanging views on the Middle East situation. Cooper said that in the face of an increasingly turbulent world, the UK hopes to maintain close communication with China to facilitate an end to the hostilities as soon as possible, restart diplomatic negotiations, and seek a long-term solution to the Middle East tensions. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said the ongoing conflict in the Middle East is escalating and expanding,…

RAWALPINDI : Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Asim Munir emphasised the critical role of Ulema to strengthen unity and counter extremism, reiterating that religious sentiments must not be exploited to incite violence in the country. Field Marshal Munir interacted with Ulema of Ahl-e-Tasheeh community at Rawalpindi where matters of national security and role of Ulema in societal harmony came under discussion. Violence in Pakistan, on the basis of incidents occurring in another country, will not be tolerated, he stressed. CDF Munir underscored vital role of Ulema in promoting unity, tolerance and national…