Iran Armed Forces General Staff said on the anniversary of returning POWs it will not relent until the country’s enemies are thoroughly defeated. The statement said the resistance ethos of released veterans has passed to a new generation, cited more than 160 consecutive days of public support for the military, and called for strengthening the armed forces’ capabilities, prestige and will to resist amid calls to avenge the late leader. It described the United States as the leading "terrorist" heg

Fujian issued a development plan targeting by 2030 strategic emerging industries to account for about 35% of large-scale industrial output and for total social R&D spending to grow roughly 10% annually. The plan aims to build a 1 tln yuan new-energy industry cluster; shrink-wrap new materials to exceed 900 bln yuan; push integrated circuits and optoelectronics past 300 bln yuan; establish AI, biomedicine, energy-efficiency/environmental and low‑altitude economy clusters at ~100 bln yuan each; and cultivate several hydrogen and biomanufacturing future-industry clusters at the hundred‑billion yuan scale, with the goal of a domestically leading, distinctive emerging- and future-industry system.

Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency official Abdul Muhari said on the afternoon of the 16th the M7.7 earthquake has killed 53 people. Local authorities have recorded 995 aftershocks since the quake.