Iran foreign ministry spokesperson Baghaei, when asked about South Korea's plan to deploy naval forces in the region, said Seoul's best help is not to get involved in this complex issue.

Market sources: Anthropic is in talks on a $3.4 billion gas-fired power project transaction to supply power to its data centers.

Estonia’s interior minister said Russian aggression in Europe should be treated as state-supported terrorism, not merely “hybrid” attacks. European authorities are investigating recent cyber incidents, including hacks of supermarket refrigerated cabinets, amid a spate of sabotage, arson and other disruptive acts that are believed to be linked to Russia. The minister warned these actions, while short of outright military conflict, are ongoing and constitute direct attacks on critical infrastructure and military or defense-related targets.