Iran's Foreign Ministry said the armed forces will, as before, continue to defend the country's territorial integrity, sovereignty and national security and repel aggression.

Chen Guo, deputy director and chief strategist at East Money Research Institute, said a downturn in the Korean memory-chip sector would not signal the end of the global tech bull and may simply reflect intra-tech rebalancing. He said the move would not imply the end of an A-share re-rating; RMB assets still have room to be re-rated, with particularly large upside for high-quality carbon-based assets in China’s A-share market.

UOB economists say the Philippines' near-term inflation outlook faces El Nifio-related supply disruptions and Philippine peso volatility. Prolonged drought could cut agricultural output and lift food prices, especially rice and vegetables; such supply-side pressures typically persist for several quarters and could slow disinflation. Because food has a large CPI weight, El Nifio could materially affect headline inflation even as energy prices have eased. Nonetheless, after stronger-than-expected disinflation over the past two months, UOB has trimmed its 2026 headline inflation forecast to 6.0% from 7.5%.