Iran War Costs Tops US$37.5B, Houthis Threaten Red Sea Shipping , SGX Debuts First U.S. SDRs
Headline news for July 22, 2026: Oil prices surged to a five-week high today, as two oil tankers carrying Saudi crude to Asia reversed course in the Red Sea. U.S. President Donald Trump announced tha...
22 Jul 5min
Houthis Blockade Saudi Arabia, Mediators Propose a Ten-Day Iran Ceasefire and Burnham Takes Power in Britain
Headline news for July 21, 2026: Yemen's Houthis declare a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia effective immediately threatening to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and cut a further seven per cent of global...
21 Jul 3min
US Death Toll Hits Seventeen, Brent Crosses Ninety Dollars and Hormuz Traffic Falls to Four Ships
Headline news for July 20, 2026: A third US service member is confirmed killed in the Iran conflict, bringing the total death toll to seventeen since February. Brent crude crosses ninety U.S. dollars ...
20 Jul 3min
Singapore Electronics Surge, Iran Fighting Enters Sixth Night and Gold Falls Below Four Thousand Dollars
Headline news for July 17, 2026: Singapore's electronics exports surge one hundred and five per cent in June on AI-driven demand even as overall export growth moderates. US and Iranian forces exchange...
17 Jul 3min
Bank of Korea Hikes Rates, China Tops the US in Global Favourability and Asian Chip Stocks Tumble
Headline news for July 16, 2026: The Bank of Korea raises rates for the first time in three and a half years as inflation hits a two-and-a-half-year high driven by Middle East energy costs. A Pew Rese...
16 Jul 4min
Hormuz Blockade In Force, UAE Tankers Burn and Softer US Inflation Eases Rate Hike Fears
Headline news for July 15, 2026: The US naval blockade on Iran is now in force as of four this morning Singapore time. Two UAE tankers are set ablaze and one mariner killed as Iran strikes commercial ...
15 Jul 4min
US Restarts the Iran Blockade, Singapore's Economy Beats Expectations and Malaysia Eyes Early Election
Headline news for July 14, 2026: President Trump reinstates the Iran blockade and declares the US the Guardian of the Strait of Hormuz announcing a twenty per cent fee on all cargo transiting the wate...
14 Jul 4min
Bangkok Pub Fire Kills Twenty-Seven, Iran Closes Hormuz Again and Warsh Faces Congress
Headline news for July 13, 2026: A fire at a Bangkok pub kills twenty-seven people and injures sixty-three overnight — many found trapped in restrooms at the back of the venue. Iran claims to have clo...
13 Jul 4min
