Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps released footage of advanced heavy attack drones launched in the 27th wave of 'Nasr-2' operations, targeting a US ammunition depot and a personnel hangar in Kuwait.

At the China Auto Forum in Shanghai (July 21–23), China and the EU signed agreements on July 22 to establish an automotive trusted data space ecosystem and interoperability technology cooperation. The accords target joint governance mechanisms, standards, digital infrastructure and application scenarios to deepen cross-border automotive data collaboration, marking a shift from strategic consensus to practical ecosystem coordination, interoperability and scenario deployment.

US technology firms published an open letter saying open-weight AI models are essential to a healthy AI ecosystem, warning that reliance on closed models alone is unsafe and framing a policy choice for the US on whether to permit or promote open-weight models in AI development.