UAE
The Gulf’s business and travel hub, built on making it effortless for the world’s money and talent to land somewhere convenient — and it shows in every new deal.
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Jul- 2026 -13 JulyPower
US and Iran’s Hormuz gambit collapses into regional warfare
After reciprocal strikes across the Gulf widened the conflict to five allied states, Brent crude jumped to $78.86 a barrel, signaling traders are pricing a sustained disruption rather than a…
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10 JulyPower
Iran’s succession crisis just killed the ceasefire with missiles
The U.S. struck Iranian air defenses on July 9; Iran retaliated with missiles and drones across Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Jordan, collapsing a month-old agreement and sending Brent crude up…
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9 JulyPower
US strikes near Iran’s nuclear plant with no diplomatic off-ramp
The second wave of strikes hit Bushehr province on July 8, where Iran's only operating reactor sits 200 kilometres from the Strait of Hormuz, prompting Tehran to threaten massive retaliation…
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7 JulyTech & AI
A US chipmaker just moved supply chains out of China. Malaysia’s grid can’t keep up.
Vertiv opened a 236,000 sq ft factory in Johor on July 6, avoiding 45% US tariffs on Chinese-made power units, but data centre demand could consume a fifth of Malaysia's…
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Jun- 2026 -30 JunePower
Trump announced Iran talks. Tehran said they’re not happening.
The gap between Washington's confirmation and Tehran's denial on June 29 signals a de-escalation channel losing credibility before it can deliver on sanctions relief or maritime access.
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28 JunePower
Iran’s third strike day tests a ceasefire that was never meant to last
The Revolutionary Guard claims attacks on eight U.S. facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain, while announcing new Strait of Hormuz inspections that could choke a fifth of global seaborne oil.
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28 JunePower
Iran threatens to walk away from US talks after ceasefire breaks down
Just 11 days after signing a 60-day interim deal on June 17, both sides exchanged fire over the weekend, testing whether mediators in Switzerland can salvage negotiations before mid-August.
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23 JuneCapital
America’s cooking gas is now feeding India’s kitchens
The US jumped from 8% to 33% of India's LPG imports in two months, locked in by a 2.2-million-tonne term deal signed before the Middle East war disrupted Gulf supplies.
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19 JuneCompass
Australia opened Gulf routes for 60 days. Here’s the catch.
Five Middle Eastern countries dropped from Level 4 to Level 3 on 18 June 2026, but the downgrade runs only as long as the US-Iran ceasefire holds—roughly two months before…
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19 JuneCapital
Franklin Templeton just put $1.6 trillion on a blockchain
The U.S. asset manager is distributing its tokenised money market fund to institutional investors across the Middle East through Dubai's Tokinvest, testing how far traditional fund regulation stretches without rewriting…
