IRNA reported Pakistan's interior minister made an unannounced visit to Doha and met his Qatari counterpart to discuss security matters.

Iranian outlet Fars News, citing Syrian sources, reported Israeli forces are advancing from the western suburbs of Daraa province into Syrian territory.

Beijing reported 1H 2026 new passenger-car L2 combined assisted-driving penetration at 77.5%, above the national average of ~70%. BAIC’s Arcfox Alpha S is among the first nationally certified L3 conditional automated-driving production models, achieving legal road operation and initial commercial deployment. Beijing has issued over 1,500 high-level autonomous-vehicle test permits and logged safety test mileage exceeding 65 mln km. Under Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei collaboration, the city is developing an intelligent connected NEV technology hub that has drawn 200+ supply-chain firms and 53 signed projects. Next steps will prioritize higher-level autonomous-vehicle industrialization, dual-intelligence 4.0 development, core technology R&D, and Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei industry coordination to build a global-scale cluster.