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Donald Trump has suggested that the United States could take control of Iran’s oil resources, including its key export hub on Kharg Island, as Washington deploys thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, Financial Times reported on Monday. In an interview, Trump said his preferred option would be to “take the oil,” drawing a comparison to US plans in Venezuela, where he claims Washington aims to control the oil sector long-term following the removal of Nicolás Maduro. The remarks come amid an escalating conflict involving the US, Israel, and Iran that has driven global oil prices sharply higher, with Brent crude rising…

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was nominated by a lawmaker on Monday for a parliamentary vote that will select the new president of the war-torn Southeast Asian nation, as the powerful general seeks a political role. Min Aung Hlaing, who has led ​Myanmar’s military since 2011, was one of two people named as vice-presidential candidates by lawmakers from the ​country’s newly convened lower house of parliament. The country’s upper house will also nominate a vice-presidential ⁠candidate, with both houses to select a president from the three in a later vote. A date ​for that vote has not been announced. “Senior…

The quadrilateral meeting of foreign ministers from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Egypt called for an immediate and permanent end to the ongoing war in the Middle East, said Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday. In a televised address following the quadrilateral moot in Islamabad, DPM Dar said Pakistan hosted the meeting in the federal capital to discuss a range of issues, including efforts to ease rising regional tensions amid the US-Israeli war on Iran. The meeting, attended by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, comes as…

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: US President Donald Trump on Sunday hinted at differences among his top aides on their approach to Iran, saying that ​his intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard was “softer” than him on curbing Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. Trump, ‌who also suggested that a deal could be near to contain Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, said “yeah, sure,” when asked by a reporter whether he retained confidence in Gabbard, the US director of national intelligence. “She’s a ​little bit different in her thought process than me,” Trump said aboard Air ​Force One as he returned to Washington after a weekend at his ⁠Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.…

PESHAWAR: At least three children lost their lives and two sustained critical injuries when roof of a house collapsed during heavy rain in Warishmi Kallah Mandan area of Bannu distinct, police informed on Sunday. Police said, the roof of a house owned by Sher Muhammad, suddenly caved in while his five children were inside the room. All the children were trapped under the debris. Rescue 1122 teams responded promptly and launched an emergency operation. Rescue workers managed to save two injured children alive and shifted them to the District Headquarters Hospital after providing initial medical aid. They are currently receiving…

LONDON: Britain, France, Germany and Italy expressed “deep concern” on Sunday over Israeli plans to extend the application of the death penalty in a bill due to be voted into law next week. Their statement came the same day the Council of Europe rights body also issued a statement against the draft law.

China’s brain-computer interface (BCI) industry is entering a new phase of development as the country accelerates efforts to translate laboratory research into clinical and commercial applications. On March 13, China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approved an implantable BCI medical device for market use. Jointly developed by Shanghai-based Neuracle Medical Technology and Tsinghua University, the device is the world’s first commercially approved invasive brain-computer interface product, marking a shift from clinical application toward real-world deployment. Brain-computer interfaces establish a direct communication pathway between neural activity and external devices. Signals generated in the brain, particularly in motor-related regions, are captured through implanted…

The China Coast Guard (CCG) on Sunday conducted law enforcement patrols in the territorial waters around China’s Huangyan Dao and its surrounding areas in the South China Sea. The CCG said in a statement that since March, it has stepped up patrols in the area, handling illegal and infringing vessels according to law and regulations, while intensifying control over relevant maritime zones to safeguard China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime interests. On the same day, naval and air units of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command also carried out combat readiness patrols in the territorial waters and airspace of…

An official delegation from China’s Ministry of National Defense visited the headquarters of the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as well as Switzerland this week, and held multiple rounds of talks with their European counterparts on security and defense. The 15th China-EU security and defense consultations took place in Brussels on Tuesday, during which both sides discussed a range of global security challenges. According to the European External Action Service, the two sides exchanged views on the Ukraine crisis, regional developments in the Asia-Pacific, and the situation in Iran and the broader Middle East region.…

The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, have invited Cheng Li-wun, chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, to visit the Chinese mainland from April 7 to 12, a CPC official announced on Monday. Song Tao, head of the Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee, was authorized to announce that Cheng is welcome to lead a KMT delegation to visit Jiangsu, Shanghai and Beijing on the mainland. Song noted that since taking office, Cheng has expressed her willingness to visit the mainland on multiple occasions, and that…