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Saudi stocks hit wartime low as Aramco slides, Gulf oil exports rebound (opens the original)
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Saudi Arabia’s stock market ended Tuesday’s trading session at its lowest level of the US-Israel-Iran war, dragged down by Saudi Aramco. The drop comes as oil markets digest signs that crude exports through and around the Strait of Hormuz are recovering. What happened: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All-Share Index fell 1.17% on Tuesday, leaving the Gulf’s largest stock market down 5.6% over the past six months. Oil behemoth Saudi Aramco, which has a market capitalization of roughly $1.6 trillion, fell
US hits major Russian bank VTB with Iran-linked sanctions (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON – The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on VTB Bank, one of Russia’s largest financial institutions, accusing it of helping Iran evade sanctions. The state-controlled lender becomes one of the biggest global names yet caught up in Washington’s campaign to squeeze Iran’s economy amid faltering efforts to end the nearly seven-month-old US-Iran conflict as new flashpoints emerge in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Details: The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control
Oil nears $92 on UAE missile alert as Trump claims Iran talks stuck (opens the original)
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Brent crude climbed near $92 a barrel on Tuesday, reaching its highest price this month, amid renewed tensions in the Gulf. The gains came after the United Arab Emirates issued a missile alert and President Donald Trump again lashed out at Tehran. Details: International benchmark Brent jumped as new wartime headlines fuel an all-too-familiar bout of market jitters. The UAE broadcast a missile alert on Tuesday evening, saying its air-defense systems had detected a threat directed toward the count
What would BRICS Bank membership mean for Iran's reeling economy? (opens the original)
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Iranian Central Bank Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati said the country will soon join the BRICS development bank as he traveled to India this week for a meeting of the group’s finance leaders. The news arrives as Iran is signaling that it wants a bigger financial lifeline from the BRICS bloc of emerging nations as the Islamic Republic’s wartime economy comes under mounting pressure from the war with the United States. What happened: Hemmati said on Wednesday that Iran would soon become a member of t
Syria launching Moscow, Medina flights as aviation momentum builds (opens the original)
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Syrian Airlines will launch more international routes in August, including resuming links from Damascus to Moscow and Medina in the coming weeks, as the war-torn country’s aviation recovery shows continued signs of progress in 2026. The routes to Russia and Saudi Arabia will add to a growing list of new and restored flights to Syria announced in recent months. This includes breakthroughs in reconnecting to European destinations after more than a decade of isolation, even as significant operation
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