Pakistan's foreign ministry said Pakistan's foreign minister spoke by phone with Iranian foreign minister Araghchi to discuss regional and international developments and invited Araghchi to visit Pakistan at the earliest opportunity.

The Information, citing five people, reports the White House has invited OpenAI, Google and Anthropic staff to a Tuesday meeting to review a completed AI oversight framework. The draft would establish a voluntary programme requiring AI labs to submit models to government review before release to partners or the public. The meeting comes days after an Aug. 1 completion deadline set by an early‑June executive order. It is being hosted by the Office of the National Cyber Director; the invitation reportedly says the agenda will cover next steps and an unspecified related activity. Sources said companies are expected to send employee‑level representatives rather than senior executives and that the session is not a public rollout.

Citigroup and Barclays strategists said yen appreciation could strengthen Asian currencies with high yen correlation, naming the South Korean won, Singapore dollar and Thai baht as the most likely beneficiaries. Japan and the United States previously intervened in FX markets to support the yen after it fell to multidecade lows. As of Monday the yen had risen over 4% vs the dollar in the past three trading days; the won, baht and Philippine peso each gained at least 0.7% over the same period. Barclays said recent USD/JPY intervention may have been coordinated and its spillovers to Asian FX could exceed historical correlations, potentially further lifting yen‑sensitive Asian currencies in the near term, particularly if the dollar weakens. Barclays also flagged that Fed chair Kevin Warsh’s relatively dovish press conference last week helped push the dollar lower, providing additional support for Asian currencies.