Middle East
Sovereign wealth, energy transition, and geopolitical fault lines converge here in ways that ripple far past the region itself. The economies built on oil are racing to build what comes after it.
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Jul- 2026 -24 JulyCompass
Dubai pays residents to bring tourists back after missile strikes
The city launched the A Dubai Invite scheme on July 22, offering over AED 3,000 in benefits per visitor after Iranian attacks halved airline capacity and cut hotel revenues by…
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24 JulyCompass
New Zealand warns citizens: Middle East travel now too risky to insure
Level 4 Do Not Travel designations for seven countries take effect as Trump threatens to destroy Iranian civilian infrastructure, leaving travellers exposed to policy gaps airlines and insurers cannot cover.
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22 JulyScience
Russia’s nuclear retreat opens Central Asia to Beijing and Washington
Rosatom announced a 50% investment cut on June 26, forcing Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to weigh Chinese state-backed reactors and U.S. small modular designs against a cash-starved Russian incumbent.
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21 JulyCompass
India’s pilots demand flight ban Europe already imposed on Gulf routes
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency ordered carriers to avoid UAE airspace through July 29 citing missile and drone risks, but India's regulator has not yet matched that directive despite…
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21 JulyCapital
Chip stocks crater as oil and rates collide before earnings
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 20% from June peaks as Brent crude jumped to $90.40 on Iran strikes and Treasury yields pushed above 5%, forcing Alphabet, Tesla, and Intel to…
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20 JulyPower
US strikes Iran’s nuclear site. India tells its citizens to leave.
On July 19, the Indian Embassy in Tehran urged nationals to depart after U.S. strikes hit the Darkhovin nuclear facility for the first time, signaling the conflict has breached the…
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19 JulyPower
Iran’s Hormuz blockade sets a template other straits will copy
By asserting permit control over the 21-mile chokepoint, Tehran is establishing a precedent that could transform shared waterways into revenue instruments—a shift that will raise freight costs across Western supply…
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19 JulyCapital
Pakistan shifts fuel pricing daily, passing oil shocks to households
The cabinet transferred pricing authority to OGRA on July 18, automating pass-through of international benchmarks and ending weekly adjustments that had masked a $139 million current account deficit.
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19 JulyCapital
Maersk locks Red Sea risk into freight rates with 100% premium
A two-tier surcharge effective August 1 charges US$900 per 20-foot container to Gulf ports but US$1,800 to Jeddah and Jordan, signaling carriers expect geopolitical disruption to persist structurally rather than…
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19 JulyPower
Washington signals Iran conflict is now a global threat
A worldwide caution issued July 18 follows Iranian strikes that killed two U.S. soldiers in Jordan and eight consecutive nights of American retaliation across the region.
