Russian Foreign Ministry said Alagazzi briefed Lavrov on ongoing diplomatic efforts to ease Middle East tensions triggered by US strikes on Iran.

US President Trump on the 24th ordered US forces not to strike Iran, ending a 13-day run of strikes, US sources said. Qin Tian, deputy director of the Middle East Institute at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, said the pause is likely a tactical adjustment rather than a strategic shift. The duration of the halt, whether strikes will resume, or whether decisions to escalate will recur remain uncertain. Qin said the move should produce a short-term lull in US‑Iran military exchanges, but without a package solution the relationship is likely to see repeated cycles of fighting and negotiations, including compromises that may be difficult to implement.

The China Meteorological Administration said researchers deployed a swarm of drones to perform high-frequency, multidimensional observations of Typhoon Hongxia throughout its landfall — the first time China has applied swarm-drone technology to full-process typhoon observation.