SoftBank Group to issue bonds in overseas securities markets; proceeds will fund its $10bln investment in OpenAI and be used for general corporate purposes.

與伊朗革命衛隊關聯密切的塔斯尼姆通訊社稱，伊朗外長阿拉格齊與美特使威特科夫的接觸未經最高國家安全委員會等授權，還將此次接觸描述爲“錯誤”，認爲其違背國家利益，並要求其作出解釋。美國團體——“聯合反對核伊朗組織”政策主管傑森·布羅德斯基對塔斯尼姆通訊社的報道表示懷疑，稱伊朗最高國家安全委員會祕書雷扎伊的言論表明，相關會談已得到伊朗最高國家安全委員會的知情和協調。布羅德斯基表示，塔斯尼姆通訊社的報道“可能是伊朗革命衛隊內部一些派系試圖製造混亂，並在伊朗國內給伊朗外長阿拉格齊和伊朗總統佩澤希齊揚製造政治問題”。他說：“總的來說，我不認爲阿拉格齊和佩澤希齊揚是在自行其是。”

Microsoft said it will add roughly $2 bln of investment in the Gulf, bringing planned spending in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE to about $10 bln by 2030, including last year’s $7.9 bln UAE commitment. The new funds will target cloud, AI and data-center operations, covering capex and opex; about $400 mln is earmarked for a subsea cable and related infrastructure to boost network resilience and data transmission. Microsoft previously invested $1.5 bln in UAE tech firm G42 and has participated in local AI data-center builds. The announcement is the company’s first regional update since the US-Iran conflict; several data centers were affected during the period and Amazon recently said some data at attacked facilities in the UAE and Bahrain could not be recovered.