US Secretary of State Rubio met with UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband in Washington to discuss matters related to Iran.
The US Treasury Department announced the lifting of sanctions on Iraq's Baghdad Airways, while stating that this does not represent a softening of its stance toward Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The House Select Committee on the CCP released a report stating that US subsidiaries of China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom remain embedded in US internet infrastructure and are linked to nearly 109,000 suspicious routing anomaly events.
Trump told reporters in Los Angeles that negotiations between the US and Iran regarding the Strait of Hormuz are progressing smoothly, and the next 48 hours are critical.
During an interview, Trump warned that if Iran withdraws from negotiations again, it will face very severe strikes, and reiterated that the Strait of Hormuz must be reopened.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu stated that the Israeli military will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas is completely disarmed, and noted that the Israeli side has proposed amendments to the draft agreement.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations office stated that a merchant ship was attacked by a surface unmanned vessel near Mukalla, Yemen, and caught fire; India stated that the ship subsequently sank, and 13 Indian citizens on board were rescued.
Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed to have hit the Saudi cruise ship Wafa with a ballistic missile in the northern Red Sea near the Yemeni coast; Saudi Arabia has not yet commented on this.
Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno has called on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to initiate a national security review of Zhongrun Guangneng's plan to purchase or lease facilities near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Trump warned that if attacks on Red Sea merchant ships continue, the United States will impose significant military punishment on Iran and its Houthi allies in Yemen.
The Houthis claimed that since implementing a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia on July 22, they have attacked 8 Saudi vessels and conducted 29 interceptions.
The Dayton Development Alliance has referred Zhongrun Guangneng's plan to purchase or lease facilities in Kettering to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) for review.
The US stated that Iran's attacks on merchant ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz violated the memorandum of understanding reached on June 18, and conducted retaliatory strikes against Iranian command and control centers, radar, and other military facilities.
The House Select Committee on the CCP has launched an investigation into the U.S. subsidiaries of China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom, and will hold hearings on Chinese cyber espionage operations.
The FBI and CISA state that hackers linked to the Chinese government have infiltrated several US telecommunications companies, stealing call records and private communications, and replicating wiretap request information.