Mehr news agency: Iran's military spokesman Amir Akrami-Nia warned that if the U.S., influenced by Israel, persists in war and airstrikes, the geographic scope of the conflict will expand further.

On July 26 Xindian Software said it expects 1H2026 revenue of 570 mln yuan, down 14.93% YoY, and a net loss attributable to the parent of about 63.02 mln yuan. The company cited constrained customer budgets and extended delivery cycles on some projects as the main drivers of the revenue decline.

Chey Tae-won, head of SK Hynix, said South Korea must become an "AI-native" country, targeting "each person to have at least one AI agent," which would make Korea a global AI testing ground. He said SK Group will increase R&D investment to support AI development and stressed cutting AI costs is critical, calling current costs "too high." He said Korea can lower costs by scaling storage-chip production and building more AI data centers, aiming to position the country as a global AI data-center hub linking the US, Europe and Asia.