Middle East
Hormuz Has Become the Test of Mideast Energy Resilience
Q2 developments showed that alternate routes, storage, sanctions policy and OPEC+ cohesion all depend on the future of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Europe
Critical Inputs Expose the EU's Supply Security Gap
Europe's critical raw materials agenda is moving from ambition to execution, but the central challenge is no longer only domestic capacity. The issue is how to match projects, trade rules and financing with the materials that carry the greatest strategic risk.
United States
Trump threatens to declare the Strait of Hormuz US territory
The president linked his territorial threat to the US blockade and control of shipping, while Iran insisted that only Tehran can decide whether the international waterway opens or closes.
India
India sets refinery targets to secure cooking gas supplies during Middle East war
A government order caps the nationwide daily LPG target at 63,810 metric tons and requires storage and transport capacity as India builds buffers against disrupted Middle East imports.
Middle East
Austria and Greece enter widening effort to restart US-Iran diplomacy
Washington's contacts with Vienna and Athens were followed by calls to Tehran, broadening an uneven diplomatic search for a way out of the war and the Strait of Hormuz crisis.
Europe
Black Sea strikes threaten Egypt's food supplies as maritime attacks intensify
Kyiv warned that attacks on cargo shipping are reducing food deliveries and raising prices, while Moscow rejected a proposed halt to strikes on civilian vessels in the Black Sea.
Brazil
Brazil's Rare Earth Strategy Moves Into Policy Design
A new final report prepared to support Brazil's National Rare Earth Strategy places the country's mineral agenda within the contest for higher value-added supply chains.
Latin America
Dominican Republic expels Cuban diplomats as regional alignments shift
Santo Domingo ordered Cuban diplomatic personnel and their families to leave without explaining the decision, prompting a sharp response from Havana and demands for clarity at home.
India
India's retail inflation rises to 4.45% as food and fuel pressures build
July inflation moved further above the central bank's 4% target, with food prices rising 5.52%, while the RBI still sees limited evidence that the pressure has spread broadly through the economy.
Latin America
Argentina's Resource Boom Puts Provinces at the Center
Rising hydrocarbon and lithium output gives Argentina's provinces a chance to turn royalties into long-term assets, but past funds show how easily windfalls can disappear.
United States
Michigan primary widens Democrats' progressive lane ahead of US midterms
Abdul El-Sayed's Senate nomination in a pivotal Midwestern state has intensified the Democratic debate over economic populism, Gaza, campaign money and the leadership the party will carry into 2026 and 2028.
China
Bozhong 19-6 gas field reaches full Phase I operation in Bohai Sea
China's largest offshore gas field in the east is producing more than 5,200 tonnes of oil and gas a day, strengthening supply near the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region as work advances on a second phase.