Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman BAGHAEI said Iran chiefly attributes the 'military aggression' against it to the United States, but added it 'cannot ignore the participation of regional states' and urged those states not to continue cooperating with the US in actions against Iran.

The Exploration Company GmbH is negotiating to raise at least $300m, including part of the financing from the EU’s European Scale‑up Fund, in a deal that would value the company at over $2bn. The round is not finalised and is earmarked to support development of Europe’s first reusable space capsule to ferry cargo to the ISS and planned successor stations. The company previously raised about $160m in 2024 with French and German government‑backed support, funding development of its Nyx reusable capsule.

FITCH: Japan's new fiscal policy remains consistent with a debt-reduction path.