1. Pakistan said it shot down 25 drones from India in its airspace while India said it "neutralised" Pakistan's attempts to strike military targets with drones and missiles.

2. Xi Jinping told Vladimir Putin their two countries should be "friends of steel", as they pledged to raise cooperation to a new level and "decisively" counter the influence of the US.

3. US to seek UN sanctions on ships taking North Korean coal to China.

4. Israel conducted 14 strikes in the Nabatieh area in south Lebanon.

5. Apple's plans to add AI-powered search options to its Safari browser are a big blow to Google.

6. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, China's largest contract chip maker, reported a 161.9% year-on-year surge in first-quarter profit.