據阿聯酋通訊社：埃及與阿布扎比國家石油公司（ADNOC）鑽探公司探討戰略鑽探合作，以擴大陸上和海上石油及天然氣勘探。

KYODO poll shows Sanae Takaichi's cabinet approval rating fell to 50.2%, the lowest since taking office.

Iranian parliament speaker Ghalibaf posted on X a graphic linking sanctions and energy-market shifts to damage to the U.S. economy and mocked recent U.S. measures to control domestic prices. He ridiculed steps such as importing frozen meat to cap food prices and asked rhetorically whether the U.S. plans to import "frozen yields" for bonds, introduce "frozen buyers" for housing or issue "frozen payrolls" to fix wages, warning a rigid, uncreative foreign policy will send the "boomerang" of devastating economic pressure back to the U.S.