Iran's state broadcaster IRIB said U.S. forces carried out hostile actions in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and on Qeshm Island before a U.S. base in Kuwait was struck.

Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology director Jiang Guangzhi said the city’s digital security industry exceeds 100 billion yuan and ranks first nationwide. He said Beijing has taken an early lead in model evaluation and AI security governance as AI raises more complex security challenges, becoming a primary source of China’s digital-security industry. The city aims to be a global digital-economy benchmark by 2030, will accelerate R&D on key core technologies and upgrade data-security industry capabilities to build a new digital-security ecosystem.

Hong Kong technology stocks extended intraday losses: Meituan (03690.HK) down more than 6%, Kuaishou (01024.HK) and Bilibili (09626.HK) down over 5%, Tencent Holdings (00700.HK) and JD.com (09618.HK) down over 4%.