US media report the US has notified Israel it will deploy dozens more air-to-air refueling tankers and may broaden military action against Iran. Axios, citing Israeli officials, said Washington wants the additional tankers in the coming days to restore numbers to levels seen at the start of US-Israeli operations against Iran in late February. The US has asked Israel to accept the deployments; Prime Minister Netanyahu will make the final decision. About 30 US tankers are parked at Ben Gurion near

At the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), with other agencies, issued the International AI Ethics Governance Action Plan. Described as a public good for the international community, the plan offers a principled, operational framework for global AI governance under the UN Future Pact and its annex, the Global Digital Compact. It targets AI lifecycle ethical governance, risk classification and tiered prevention and control, construction of agile governance mechanisms, industry-chain coordination and ecosystem development, and cultivation of social norms, and calls on countries to act according to national conditions and to strengthen policy coordination and practical cooperation on a consult-build-share basis.

Malaysia June CPI-based inflation rose 1.9% YoY, below expectations. Inflation in information and communication climbed 2.4% YoY; insurance and financial services inflation rose 5.7% YoY.