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Iran and Oman discussed Hormuz shipping security in Muscat hours before Iran closed the strait and struck US bases and Gulf states, after CENTCOM said the US hit around 140 targets in Iran.

Most injuries were caused by people outside during the typhoon falling from scooters and bicycles on slippery roads as strong winds blew.

Governor Shin Hyun-song has said on three occasions since taking office after the May policy meeting that higher interest rates are needed. The central bank has held the benchmark rate at 2.5% since July last year.

It is clear that the script demands ‘tensions’ will rise.

Ljubljana protest calls for Slovenia’s immediate withdrawal from Nato, sanctions against the US and Israel, and the redirection of military spending towards public services.

Tech

Digi Communications is seeking to raise at least €287mn through the IPO of Digi Spain Telecom.

Weather balloons used to smuggle cigarettes across the border from Belarus have repeatedly disrupted flights to and from Vilnius airport.

Proposed platform to use improve road safety, protect infrastructure and strengthen the resilience of Kazakhstan's transport system.

Bitcoin has fallen below $62,000 as a fresh exchange of strikes between the US and Iran drives investors from risk assets, after Trump said the ceasefire was over.

Flagship European Commission and EuroHPC initiative aims to develop next-generation large-scale AI computing infrastructure across Europe.

Opinion

The rising costs of the Ukraine war have forced the Russian government to increase spending, causing the federal budget deficit to expand further. High spending growth is making it hard for the CBR to cut rates and revive the economy.

Iran’s central bank is squeezing liquidity to defend the rial, meeting under a fifth of banks’ funding demand as inflation hits 57.7% and money supply growth tops 53% after the war with the US and Israel.

Trump has broken with the paradigm of the rules based international order and is causing chaos with his “America first” approach. But actually he has four approaches to reforming international bodies: retreat, rebel, replace and reform.

The minerals are there but the planned scale of production requires a dozen or more new processing plants.

The two countries have long been on a collision course over their differing interpretations of WWII history, but why did the clash happen now?

Data

Arms contractor delivers a 49% return to investors in first half.

NBS says inflation remains within its target range but uncertainty stemming from global geopolitical tensions and commodity prices warrants a cautious monetary policy stance.

Between January and June, 76.9% of Transnistria's exports were shipped to EU member states.

BNR cited "very high uncertainties" surrounding the economic outlook and stressed the need for a balanced macroeconomic policy mix to preserve stability.

The IMF downgraded global growth prospects for the second time this year, saying it expects the global economy to grow by just 3 percent in 2026. In January, this projection had still stood at 3.3 percent, Statista reports.

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Most Nato summits end with a communiqué. This one ended with customs problems. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan each each visiting head of state with an engraved Turkish-made gun complete with live ammo.

US President Donald Trump’s pledge to give Kyiv a license to make Patriot missiles could be a game changer – in Ukraine’s next war with Russia, but not in this one.

IntelliNews talks to the gemstone enthusiast who spent decades putting the Macedonian ruby on the map.

When Lebanese and Israeli envoys signed a US-brokered framework agreement in Washington on June 26, they turned months of cautious, indirect contacts into a formal diplomatic process — the most significant opening between the two states since 1983.

Panama's Supreme Court stripped China's CK Hutchison of its canal-flanking ports, a ruling Washington spent a year engineering. Beijing hit back with a quiet blockade of Panamanian shipping. Now Panama heads to Beijing to plead for a ceasefire.

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Brussels’ South Caucasus policy has shifted as it seeks to secure regional stability, expand transport corridors and reduce Russian influence.

A bomber targeted Ukrainian real estate mogul and online scammer yesterday in Monaco, the principality’s first ever terror attack, in the latest of a string of alleged SBU assassinations overseas.

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić has confirmed he will resign within weeks, signalling the start of an election campaign that could reshape the country's political landscape.

The efforts to bring the war in Ukraine to an end have stalled in the face of an escalating exchange of drone and missiles and the stalemated EU efforts to mediate.

Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government has been targeted by a wave of mass protests dubbed the "Flamingo Revolution".

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Taiwan's Central Weather Administration has issued a land warning for Typhoon Bavi, which is expected to bring up to 900 mm of rain to northern mountain areas by Sunday July 12, and generate waves of more than six metres along the coast.

Air conditioner exports to Europe climbed 41.3% year-on-year to $130.1mn in May. Shipments during the first five months of the year rose 16.5% to $696.8mn.

Uzbekistan faces mounting environmental pressures linked to climate change, water scarcity and land degradation.

Renewables and nuclear power are expected to play a larger role in Pakistan’s electricity mix in the coming years, helping to limit exposure to global fuel price swings and geopolitical disruptions.

China’s lead in renewable energy is matched by its dominance in battery storage, Statista reports.

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