Iran deputy foreign minister Gharibabadi said Iran's armed forces have full supervisory authority over all activity in the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. claims about ships transiting the strait are entirely untrue.

Per China Optics Valley, Wuhan Xinxin unveiled a “Chip-Optics” plan. Over the next decade the company will prioritize optical interconnects and 3D compute–store integration, build an internationally competitive specialty-process wafer fab and 3D integration platform, and position itself as a 3D Link–photonics–electronics integration–SOI industrial hub. It seeks to quadruple manufacturing capacity, spur more than 100 billion yuan of upstream/downstream industry activity and recruit or train over 10,000 high-end semiconductor professionals.

Nepal's finance minister says the country needs USD 4-5 bln for post-disaster reconstruction.