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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Brazil
Lula campaign recasts agribusiness as central to Brazil's growth and trade
The president's new platform gives agribusiness a more explicit economic role than in 2022, promising easier credit, diversified financing, technology and greater value added to exports.
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.
China
China expands strategic pressure across the Pacific as global attention shifts
Undersea devices, missile tests, naval drills, cyber activity and technology controls form a widening pattern of pressure as regional states balance cooperation with stronger defenses.
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
US command tour highlights carrier strain as Middle East fronts remain unsettled
Adm. Brad Cooper visited the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln as the Iran war, deadly strikes in Lebanon, Gaza diplomacy and an Iran-Qatar dispute sustained pressure across the region.
Oceania
Penny Wong frames Australia's multicultural cohesion as a national-security asset
The foreign minister's planned speech links domestic cohesion to Indo-Pacific partnerships, trade and resilience as One Nation's support rises and Pauline Hanson calls for a monoculture.
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.
Africa
North Kordofan fighting kills 23 children as Sudan's humanitarian crisis deepens
At least 23 children were killed and 25 injured after fighting intensified around Al Obeid, while UNICEF urged all parties to protect civilians and essential services.
Brazil
Lula activates reciprocity process as Brazil confronts US tariffs
Brazil opened a legal path that could lead to retaliation while requesting consultations with Washington, as a trade dispute becomes entangled with the country's October election.
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.