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Middle East
Tehran says Washington has not met seven conditions for reopening the strait, while Donald Trump confirmed new attacks around Qeshm and another tanker incident raised shipping risk.
China
The central bank will lift the requirement from 4 to 6 per cent, withdrawing an estimated $24 billion of liquidity after the yuan became Asia's strongest currency this year.
Middle East
The currency weakened beyond 2.68 million rials per dollar as sanctions, the naval blockade and inflation above 70% drove demand for hard currency and gold despite a state-bank intervention.
India
Elevated oil prices, multi-year highs in global yields and growing expectations of an RBI rate increase left Indian markets exposed during a holiday-shortened week, despite continuing central-bank support.
India
A 2026 tax amendment would scrap investor-count, concentration and minimum-corpus tests for eligible offshore funds, unify treatment inside and outside India's financial services center and extend a broader drive to attract foreign capital.
India
The Finance Ministry tied investment and strategic autonomy to quicker implementation of domestic reforms while warning that sustained high oil prices and a possible El Niño could pressure inflation, public finances and growth.
Africa
The final payment completes a $3 billion program that reduced inflation and improved reserves and debt indicators, although the central bank received a waiver for a temporary performance breach.
India
New Delhi renewed its sovereignty objection to Chinese activity in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh one day after the Indian and Chinese foreign ministers discussed the recent improvement in bilateral ties.
India
Delcy Rodríguez's visit to India has highlighted a relationship increasingly shaped by crude supply, as New Delhi seeks to diversify energy imports amid pressure on Gulf routes and renewed access to Venezuelan barrels.
Oceania
The A$500 million Nakamal Agreement does not make Vanuatu an Australian ally, but it gives Canberra a strategic guarantee that no foreign military base or militarised infrastructure will emerge on the archipelago.
