Israel's prime minister's office says Netanyahu will meet US President Trump at the White House on Tuesday.

Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam said on social media on the 24th that the Bab al-Mandeb Strait has not been closed and recent maritime measures apply only to shipping linked to Saudi Arabia. He said the measures are a response to what the group called a Saudi 'blockade' of Houthi-controlled areas and are intended to pressure Riyadh to accept a 'fair settlement'.

South Korea’s science and technology minister Pae Kyung-hoon will travel to the US Thursday evening for San Francisco/Silicon Valley meetings with Broadcom, OpenAI, ANTHROPIC and NVIDIA (NVDA.O) to push large technology firms to invest in Korean companies. Discussions will center on AI collaboration, market expansion, AI data centers and semiconductors; Pae said the trip aims to “strengthen cooperation” and promote Korea’s AI ecosystem, branded as “K-AI.”