On July 8 at the NATO summit in Ankara, Belgian prime minister Bart De Wever said NATO cannot agree with the US on military strikes against Iran, calling the matter outside NATO’s remit and harmful to alliance unity. He noted Article 5 collective defense covers members being attacked but does not require other members to join unilateral offensive actions decided by one ally, and said expecting NATO partners to take part would be unreasonable and inconsistent with NATO’s spirit.

Japan’s House of Councillors on Friday approved an amendment to the Personal Information Protection Act permitting companies to use sensitive personal data for AI development and statistical analysis without individual consent, provided the data cannot be used to identify specific persons. Information collected from social media and other platforms may include race, medical records and criminal histories. The revised law introduces profit-based fines for data misuse: firms that improperly obtain or use personal information on more than 1,000 people face penalties equal to the profits derived from that information. The amendment aims to accelerate domestic AI development; related legislation also allows the government to supply data to private firms and research institutions for AI and autonomous-driving development. Business groups have increasingly pushed for looser data-protection rules.

烏克蘭總統澤連斯基：與美國總統特朗普詳細討論了愛國者導彈生產的許可證問題。