Kunlun Wanwei said on July 2 that Tiangong AI achieved an ARR milestone in Q2 2026: AINative model and product business ARR has exceeded $800 million. The AI short-drama platform business accounts for over $700 million of ARR, while AI tools ARR has passed $100 million. DramaWave has completed an AI-native transformation; more than 80% of newly published content on the platform is now AI-generated.

Four people familiar with the matter said NATO will announce at next week’s Ankara summit a plan to replace its aging airborne warning and control (AWACS) fleet with Saab’s GlobalEye surveillance aircraft. NATO members meet in Ankara on July 7-8.

US and Iranian negotiators held talks in Doha focused on the Strait of Hormuz, where the US urged Iran to abandon demands to levy transit fees, saying such a move could scupper a more favorable US‑Iran deal. A US Middle East envoy and senior adviser Jared Kushner met Qatar’s prime minister and other Qatari mediators Tuesday and met the emir Wednesday. A US official said Washington told Iran that full sanctions relief would allow Iran to earn roughly 100 times more from unfettered oil and resource sales than it could by charging transit fees.