烏克蘭總統澤連斯基：烏克蘭襲擊了俄羅斯克拉斯諾達爾地區的海洋終端。

The Ministry of Civil Affairs and National Working Commission on Ageing said in its 2025 National Aging Development Bulletin that China's basic pension insurance coverage continued to expand. As of end-2025, 1.076 bln people participated in basic pension insurance, up 3.09 mln from end-2024. Urban employee basic pension participation stood at 546.72 mln, up 12.20 mln. Participation in the urban and rural resident basic pension was 529.19 mln, of whom 188.20 mln were actually receiving benefits. The national minimum basic pension for urban and rural residents was raised by 20 yuan for 2025. Cumulative contributions to the personal pension scheme totaled 145.2 bln yuan.

US Central Command on July 31 dismissed Iran’s renewed claim that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz, calling the report false and saying the waterway remains open to commercial shipping. CENTCOM said Iran does not control the strait and that thousands of vessels have transited the international channel in the past four months. Earlier on July 31 Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Administration said continued "aggressive" US actions in the area have made normal transit through the strait impossible.