Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning on Thursday praised a Moroccan student for his heroic act of rescuing a drowning woman in China, describing it as a powerful example of kindness that knows no borders.
A video clip showing the Moroccan student diving into a lake to save a drowning woman before quietly walking away in Hangzhou, east China, has gone viral on Chinese social media, triggering a nationwide search for the selfless rescuer.
The heroic young man was later identified as Ayoub Fadil, a 21-year-old student at Hangzhou Dianzi University.
Mao also praised the act, highlighting it as "kindness without borders" in her social media post.
"This Moroccan student's brave act of stepping forward and rescuing the drowning woman is truly moving. Kindness transcends boundaries. We give him a big thumbs up. I believe this is also the most vivid and heartfelt example of friendship between Chinese and foreign youths," said Mao at a daily press briefing.
FM spokeswoman praises Moroccan student's heroic deed of saving drowning woman in China
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Sunday that it had conducted a "limited and precise" operation targeting minelaying forces of the Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Strait of Hormuz.
In a post on social media X, CENTCOM said IRGC's mining forces have posed an "imminent threat" to the strait, adding that the U.S. action was aimed to "protect civilian mariners, commercial shipping, and the free flow of global commerce."
CENTCOM also rejected an IRGC claim of the U.S. strikes as "aggression," calling that claim is "absolutely FALSE."
U.S. forces on Sunday struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island, COMTCOM spokesperson Tim Hawkins said, marking the first known U.S. strike against Iran since late July.
The IRGC said Monday that it had launched a combined missile and drone strike on U.S. air bases in Jordan in retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli aerial attacks on Iran's Larak Island.
The Iranian military targeted "technical and maintenance infrastructure," as well as areas where "enemy fighter jets" were stationed at the King Hussein and Al-Azraq U.S. bases in Jordan, inflicting heavy damage, according to a statement on IRGC's official news outlet Sepah News.
Also, on Sunday, COMTCOM said, as the United States continues enforcing a blockade against Iran, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Delbert D. Black was operating in the Arabian Sea.
CENTCOM added it has directed 83 commercial vessels to alter their routes, disabled three vessels that did not comply, and boarded and inspected two vessels to ensure compliance with blockade requirements.
U.S. carries out 'limited, precise' action against Iranian minelaying forces: CENTCOM
