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Pakistan has reached an agreement with Italy on an employment scheme for Pakistani workers, marking a major step toward expanding overseas job opportunities, Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Salik Hussain announced. Salik Hussain said Pakistan and Italy have successfully concluded talks on an employment scheme that will allow Pakistani workers to access new job opportunities in Italy. He described the development as “great news” for overseas Pakistanis seeking lawful employment abroad. The minister said the agreement reflects growing cooperation between the two countries on labour mobility. According to the minister, a delegation from Italy is expected to visit Pakistan next…

The White House on Thursday issued fresh warnings to Iran, defended President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, and confirmed high-level talks on Venezuela and Greenland, as Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt held a tense and wide-ranging news briefing that included a heated exchange with a US journalist. Leavitt said President Trump is closely monitoring developments in Iran and that efforts are ongoing to reduce tensions. She warned that if killings and massacres of protesters continue, Iran will face “grave consequences.” She said Trump received credible information that executions would be halted and confirmed that 800 scheduled death sentences were stopped. Leavitt added…

US President Donald Trump is holding off on a final decision over a possible military strike on Iran, after advisers warned that even a major assault is unlikely to collapse the government and could ignite a broader regional conflict. US officials said Trump has been advised that a massive strike on Iran would probably not cause the regime to fall. Instead, such an operation could draw the United States into a wider war across the Middle East, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. Officials and regional partners also warned that smaller, limited strikes might boost protesters’ morale but would not…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged US President Donald Trump to postpone any American military strike on Iran, even as Iran struggles with nationwide anti-government protests and mounting international pressure. A senior US official said Netanyahu made the request during a phone call with Trump on Wednesday. The conversation came as Trump publicly suggested that Iranian authorities had paused executions and reduced violence against protesters, citing intelligence from “very important sources on the other side.” The comments appeared to signal a potential step back from military action, which Trump has been considering for days. However, US officials cautioned that…

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump on Thursday during a White House meeting, in a bid to influence his efforts to shape her country’s political future. A White House official confirmed that Trump intends to keep the medal. In a social media post on Thursday evening, Trump wrote: “Maria presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you Maria!” Machado, who described the meeting as “excellent,” said the gift was in recognition of what she called…

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Beijing on Friday.

China launched a group of satellites from the waters near its eastern Shandong Province on Friday morning. The commercial rocket, CERES-1 Y7, carrying four satellites for the Tianqi constellation, blasted off at 4:10 a.m., and sent them into the preset orbit. CERES-1, developed by the Beijing-based commercial rocket maker Galactic Energy, is a small, solid-propellant rocket designed for sending micro-satellites to low-Earth orbit (LEO). The Tianqi constellation is China’s first LEO Internet of Things (IoT) data communication constellation, featuring global coverage, miniaturization, low power consumption and cost-effectiveness. It can provide consumer-grade satellite IoT data services to global users, covering space,…

An international research team has developed a “self-etching” technique to process soft and unstable ionic crystal lattice semiconductors, specifically 2D perovskite thin-layer single crystals, without damaging their structure, thereby overcoming a key challenge in the field of optoelectronic materials. The study, led by researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China, Purdue University and Shanghai Tech University, was published on Thursday in the journal Nature. The team introduced a guided “self-etching” approach that leverages internal stress accumulated during crystal growth. By using a mild ligand-isopropyl alcohol (IPA) solution system, the researchers induced controlled in-plane self-etching at specific sites…

China is willing to strengthen cooperation with Canada in areas such as clean energy, digital technology, modern agriculture, aerospace, advanced manufacturing and finance to foster more new drivers of economic growth, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said during talks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Beijing on Thursday. China welcomes more Canadian companies to invest in China and hopes that Canada will provide a fair and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese enterprises investing in the country, said Li. Through the joint efforts of both sides, the China-Canada relationship has turned around, which has been widely welcomed by people across all…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has said it is closely monitoring the situation in Iran and wants a peaceful resolution to the issue, reaffirming its commitment to playing a role for peace and stability in the region. Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi, while speaking at the weekly briefing, said Pakistan supports a peaceful solution to the Iran issue and will continue to play its role for peace. “Pakistan stands by peace and stability in Iran and hopes the country will soon overcome its current crisis,” he continued. He said Pakistan attached great importance to Iran, both as a neighbouring country and as…