Issue 2026-07-06
Stories
- Iranian Leaders Break Cover at July 2026 Funeral for Slain Supreme Leader, Halting Hormuz Peace Talks
- Kim Orders Damaged Kang Kon Destroyer Into Service After Live Cruise-Missile Test
- Trump Dials Putin & Zelenskyy Before Ankara Summit, Re-floats Kushner-Witkoff Peace Track
- Tehran Unveils Post-War Hormuz “Service Fee” Plan With Discounts for China and Allies
- OPEC+ Confirms 188,000-bpd August Hike, Pressuring Brent Below $72
- OPEC+ OKs 188,000-bpd August 2026 Quota Hike as Hormuz Bottleneck Eases
- Tianwen-2 Closes to 20 km of Asteroid 2016 HO3, Initiates China’s First In-Situ Survey
- Super Typhoon Bavi Directly Strikes Rota, Threatens Guam Bases With 180 mph Winds
- Back-to-Back Wildfires Kill Two and Trigger Mass Evacuations Around Thessaloniki, 1–4 July 2026
At a Glance
- After a four-month wartime delay, Tehran launched the public funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on 5-6 Jul...
- On 3 July 2026 Kim Jong Un personally observed a nuclear-capable cruise-missile launch and other combat system checks...
- Across back-to-back 4–5 July 2026 phone calls, President Trump re-opened a U.S. mediation channel for Ukraine by pled...
- Iran signalled the end of the 60-day free-pass cease-fire clause by announcing in Beijing on 5–6 July 2026 that all s...
- On 6 July 2026 seven core OPEC+ members formally approved lifting their August production ceiling by 188,000 barrels...
- Seven OPEC+ heavyweights voted online to add 188,000 barrels per day to their joint August 2026 production target, ac...