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US President Donald Trump announced that the American military carried out new limited strikes on Iran on Friday, targeting an Iranian air defence system.
US President Donald Trump said the American military on Friday carried out new limited strikes on Iran, targeting an Iranian air defence system.
Iranian state media reported the sound of two explosions in the Suza area of Qeshm Island, which is in a crucial waterway for oil shipments.
Trump in an exchange with reporters described the military action as “minor”.
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Iran may respond to the US strikes
Possible · Within days

Giant panda bears Pingping and Fushuang from China made their public debut at the Atlanta Zoo in the United States on the 6th, beginning a 10-year stay in the United States. The two pandas arrived from Chengdu in September. Both were born in 2020. The park hopes that they will become partners. On the day of the appearance, senior U.S. officials called on China to abide by the trade agreement reached by Trump and Xi Jinping in October 2025.

The Toucheng District Fishermen's Association's "Guishan Chao Ri No. 1" whale watching boat was suspected of having a power short circuit and smoking. The captain made an emergency power outage. 41 tourists from the Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital tour group were safely towed back to Wushi Port by a friendly ship. Zheng Minze, the director-general of the Fishermen's Association, coordinated the rescue, refunded the fees in full and distributed red envelopes worth NT$1,000 per person. His heart-warming response was highly recognized by tourists.
Bomb threats and cyber attacks have occurred in many places in Europe in recent days, affecting flights, media organizations and supermarket refrigeration systems. At least 18 flights to and from multiple countries have been threatened, an Irish media and British Sky TV have also been threatened, and supermarket refrigeration systems have been attacked by cyberattacks. Countries are investigating the connection between the incidents, and there is currently no evidence that it was caused by hostile terrorist organizations or state actors.

Dorz Cheung, a 34-year-old former Wang Fuk Court resident, doubts that new oversight bodies will prevent another disaster after the deadly inferno in Hong Kong's Tai Po district, warning that systemic reforms to shoddy building maintenance and bid-rigging could fail without proper enforcement.

The American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for War Studies issued a joint report warning that the CCP may be conducting unannounced large-scale military exercises to simulate encirclement and isolation of Taiwan. The scale exceeds last year's circum-Taiwan military exercise and mobilizes troops from three coastal theaters in the east, north and south, aiming to weaken Taiwanese people's confidence in defense capabilities and the willingness of the United States to assist.

The U.S. military said on the 6th that the State Department's "Bounty for Justice" program offers rewards of up to $20 million and may assist clue providers to relocate in order to solicit information on Iran's nuclear program. Trump reiterated Iran's intention to end the war through an agreement and said the United States was negotiating with Iran and that Iran was "very eager to make a deal."