Qatar foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said on Tuesday parties are working to seek a diplomatic resolution to the US-Iran conflict. Mediators including Qatar, Pakistan and Oman are coordinating closely to push for talks and to exchange draft texts; Doha said it is important to resume negotiations promptly. Qatari sources said Doha has prepared draft text for a possible US‑Iran agreement and the draft is circulating among parties, but there is currently no set agenda for direct US‑Iran

The Israeli military said on the 3rd that air strikes in Gaza on the 2nd killed two Hamas militants. One was a Nukhba unit commander who took part in the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel; the other was a commander of Hamas’s Daraj‑Tufah battalion.

Samsung Electro-Mechanics plans to begin operating a new multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) plant in the Philippines by end‑Q1 next year, South Korean media report. The company started investment negotiations with local authorities at the end of last year and completed talks in about 15 months. Analysts say the move marks a full launch of an "order‑linked rapid expansion" strategy, leveraging long‑term agreements (LTAs) with large global tech customers to accelerate mass production.