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│ Ukraine strikes fourth Russian refinery in │ │ US Set to Pay Most for 30-Year Debt in │
│ three days │ │ Quarter of a Century │
│ feature - AP - wire/independent [RUS,UKR] │ │ feature - Yahoo Finance - unknown/unknown │
│ │ │ [USA] │
│ Ukraine hit the Orsk refinery ~800 miles │ │ │
│ from the front on Aug 11-12, the fourth │ │ The Aug 13 $25B 30-year auction priced near │
│ Russian refinery in three days, with │ │ 5.24%, the highest long-bond borrowing cost │
│ Reuters estimating cumulative disruption of │ │ since 2001, with Barclays flagging that │
│ at least 17% of Russia's refining capacity │ │ price-sensitive buyers now dominate and the │
│ and domestic gasoline shortages resulting. │ │ same supply may need larger yield │
│ Russia's trade score worsened -7 to -8. │ │ concessions to clear; Treasury signaled │
│ │ │ openness to adjusting issuance. A │
│ https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireSt │ │ term-premium deterioration, not a one-day │
│ ory/ukraine-strikes-russian-refinery-orenbu │ │ panic; fiscal worsened near -5 to -6. │
│ rg-region-fourth-days-2026 │ │ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/ar │
│ ticles/us-set-pay-most-30-080000426.html │
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│ Iran War 2026 - Day 166 Update - 12 August │ │ Saudi Arabia ramps up oil exports through │
│ 2026 │ │ Mediterranean pipeline to avoid attacks in │
│ feature - GlobalSecurity.org - unknown/tilt │ │ Red Sea │
│ [IRN,USA] │ │ feature - CNBC - independent/independent │
│ │ │ [SAU,EGY] │
│ No confirmed US or Israeli strike on │ │ │
│ Iranian soil after Trump scrubbed a │ │ Saudi Bab el-Mandeb exports collapsed ~90% │
│ threatened multi-day campaign late Aug 1, a │ │ (1.3M barrels the week of Aug 3 vs 11M the │
│ 13-consecutive-night pause through Aug 12 │ │ week of July 20) while Sumed pipeline flows │
│ verifiable by the absence of new CENTCOM │ │ surged and Sidi Kerir Mediterranean exports │
│ releases. The first upward move in Iran's │ │ more than doubled to ~2.3M bpd in August. │
│ conflict score since the war began: near -9 │ │ Severe route loss met by real adaptive │
│ to -8, with the blockade still enforced │ │ capacity, at ~$5/bbl and weeks of added │
│ kinetically. │ │ voyage time for Asian buyers; Egypt's │
│ │ │ transit windfall extended. │
│ https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops │ │ │
│ /iran-war-oprep.htm │ │ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/saudi-arabi │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ a-iran-oil-red-sea-houthi-suez-canal-strait │
│ -hormuz.html │
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│ Ukraine attack halts operations at Russia's │ │ Colombia's new president vows to remake the │
│ biggest grain terminals │ │ country and challenge its fragile peace │
│ feature - Bloomberg - │ │ feature - NPR - independent/independent │
│ independent/independent [RUS,UKR] │ │ [COL] │
│ │ │ │
│ The overnight Aug 11-12 sea-drone, │ │ Abelardo de la Espriella was inaugurated │
│ jet-drone and Neptune strike on │ │ Aug 7 in an orderly, unrest-free transfer │
│ Novorossiysk killed three and halted two of │ │ held deliberately in Cali, pledging all-out │
│ Russia's largest grain terminals (a UGC │ │ war on narco-terrorism and fiscal austerity │
│ loading gallery collapsed; Demetra │ │ while inheriting a documented 8.1%-of-GDP │
│ suspended); up to a third of Russian grain │ │ deficit with the fiscal rule suspended; │
│ exports transit the port. Wire-sourced with │ │ IAPA and FLIP flagged his 109-suit │
│ exile-press corroboration on casualties. │ │ defamation history against journalists as a │
│ │ │ press-freedom warning. Stability improved │
│ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202 │ │ -7 to -6 on the realized institutional │
│ 6-08-12/ukraine-hits-russia-s-novorossiysk- │ │ pass; press freedom held pending conduct in │
│ port-halting-grain-terminals │ │ office. │
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│ https://www.npr.org/2026/08/07/nx-s1-592477 │
│ 5/colombias-new-president-vows-to-remake-th │
│ e-country-and-challenge-its-fragile-peace │
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│ Pakistan: Authorities must restore Imran │ │ Fed officials who voted to hike rates say │
│ Khan's rights as detention reaches third │ │ action is needed now against inflation │
│ anniversary │ │ feature - CNBC - independent/independent │
│ feature - Amnesty International - │ │ [USA] │
│ investigative/independent [PAK] │ │ │
│ │ │ All three July 29 dissenters (Logan, │
│ Khan passed three years in detention Aug 5 │ │ Hammack, Kashkari) went public July 31 │
│ with Amnesty documenting denial of regular │ │ doubling down for an immediate hike against │
│ counsel access since December 2025, no │ │ 3.5% headline CPI, Chair Warsh called the │
│ family visits in 8+ months and reported │ │ split 'a good family fight,' and Trump │
│ health deterioration in solitary, while │ │ continued pressing for a big cut; July CPI │
│ thousands of PTI supporters protested │ │ (Aug 12) cooled marginally to 3.4% │
│ nationwide under heavy security. Sustained │ │ headline, 2.5% core. Visible internal │
│ institutionalized suppression of the │ │ fracture plus sustained political pressure; │
│ largest opposition bloc; score held, │ │ the score held with confidence up. │
│ confidence up. │ │ │
│ │ │ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/31/fed-officia │
│ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026 │ │ ls-who-voted-to-hike-rates-say-action-is-ne │
│ /08/pakistan-authorities-must-restore-imran │ │ eded-now-against-inflation.html │
│ -khans-rights-as-detention-reaches-third-an │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ niversary/ │
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│ M6.8 earthquake, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan │ │ Egypt struck for first time as US-Iran │
│ feature - USGS / NPR - │ │ conflict pulls in more countries │
│ independent/independent [JPN] │ │ feature - CNN - unknown/unknown │
│ │ │ [EGY,USA,IRN] │
│ The July 28 M6.8 Kumamoto quake's toll │ │ │
│ climbed through the window (34 dead by July │ │ Two ships including a US-owned gas storage │
│ 31, other counts 39 dead and 170+ injured, │ │ tanker caught fire in Damietta port July │
│ ~300,000 evacuated, 800+ of 4,500 Hikawa │ │ 29; Egypt's preliminary investigation │
│ homes destroyed or damaged), and Typhoon │ │ points to a drone and Trump blamed Iran │
│ Dolphin hit Okinawa Aug 8 (5 injured, │ │ (attribution unconfirmed). The first strike │
│ 14,000 buildings without power). Two dated │ │ on Egyptian soil, at a Mediterranean port, │
│ catastrophe hits in one window; disaster │ │ against an active mediator: drove Egypt │
│ insurance worsened -3 to -4. │ │ conflict near -4 to -6. │
│ │ │ │
│ https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eve │ │ https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/30/world/live-n │
│ ntpage/us6000tgb9 │ │ ews/iran-war-trump │
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│ Russia launches mass missile and drone │ │ Object crashes in Poland after Russian │
│ attack across Ukraine │ │ attack on Ukraine │
│ feature - NPR - independent/independent │ │ feature - Notes From Poland - │
│ [UKR,RUS] │ │ unknown/unknown [POL,RUS] │
│ │ │ │
│ Overnight into July 30 Russia fired dozens │ │ A likely Russian Kh-101 cruise missile │
│ of ballistic and cruise missiles plus │ │ crossed ~100 km into Polish airspace during │
│ hundreds of drones, killing at least 8 │ │ the July 30 barrage and crashed near │
│ including a 6-year-old girl, with damage in │ │ Tarnawa-Kolonia, Lublin, leaving a 10m │
│ Kyiv, Lviv and the west; coverage ties the │ │ crater with no casualties; an F-16 was │
│ lethality to Ukraine's critical shortage of │ │ scrambled and Tusk blamed Moscow within │
│ Western anti-ballistic interceptors. │ │ hours. Warsaw deliberately did NOT invoke │
│ Mid-window cross-strikes killed dozens │ │ Article 4 (it had for the smaller 2025 │
│ more, including 12 at a Kyrylivka holiday │ │ drone incursion) and President Duda │
│ camp in occupied Zaporizhzhia (attribution │ │ cautioned evidence was not yet conclusive. │
│ partly via Russian-installed officials, │ │ Drove Poland conflict -5 to -6. │
│ flagged). Ukraine conflict held at the near │ │ │
│ -10 floor. │ │ https://notesfrompoland.com/2026/07/30/unid │
│ │ │ entified-object-crashes-in-poland-after-rus │
│ https://www.npr.org/2026/07/30/g-s1-136276/ │ │ sian-attack-on-ukraine/ │
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│ PM Tusk says Russian Kh-101 missile likely │ │ Public executions in Isfahan spark renewed │
│ crashed in eastern Poland │ │ anti-regime protests │
│ feature - Notes from Poland - │ │ feature - France 24 - tilt/tilt [IRN] │
│ unknown/unknown [POL,RUS,UKR] │ │ │
│ │ │ Iran publicly hanged two protesters, │
│ During Russia's July 29-30 mass strike on │ │ Abolfazl Sepahi and Amir Safari, in Isfahan │
│ Ukraine (74 missiles, 284 drones), a Kh-101 │ │ July 28, among at least 12 young men │
│ manufactured in Q2 2026 crossed into Poland │ │ sentenced to death over the January protest │
│ and left a 10m crater near Tarnawa-Kolonia, │ │ deaths; crowds reportedly tried to stop the │
│ ~50km from Lublin, without casualties; │ │ hangings and fresh vigils followed. Amnesty │
│ Warsaw summoned Russia's ambassador and │ │ counts at least 52 protest-related │
│ NATO consulted without a formal Article 4 │ │ executions in 2026; the UN urged a halt │
│ invocation for this event. The │ │ July 23. Civil liberties held at -9 with │
│ invoked-Article-4 coverage in circulation │ │ confidence up. │
│ dates to the September 2025 drone incident, │ │ │
│ a different event. │ │ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/202 │
│ │ │ 60729-iran-public-executions-isfahan-anti-r │
│ https://notesfrompoland.com/2026/07/30/pm-t │ │ egime-protests │
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│ hed-in-eastern-poland/ │
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│ Fed holds rates as three dissenters push │ │ Trump says he does not care about USMCA as │
│ for a hike │ │ US, Canada plan trade talks │
│ feature - CNBC - independent/independent │ │ feature - Reuters - wire/independent │
│ [USA] │ │ [USA,CAN] │
│ │ │ │
│ The FOMC held 3.50-3.75% on a 9-3 vote July │ │ Trump said July 28 he 'does not care about' │
│ 29 with Hammack, Kashkari and Logan │ │ USMCA as talks proceed, after the Section │
│ dissenting FOR a 25bp hike, the statement │ │ 338 order was specified at 50% on 554 │
│ calling inflation 'elevated'; markets now │ │ tariff lines (~$20B, effective Aug 19, │
│ price two 2026 hikes. The Dow fell 1,153 │ │ energy and critical minerals exempt); a │
│ (worst day since April 2025), the S&P │ │ reported further 35%-immediate tariff on │
│ dropped 1.52% and the 30-year Treasury hit │ │ non-USMCA goods is single-sourced, │
│ 5.24% intraday, its highest since 2007. │ │ direction only. Drove US trade near -6 to │
│ Drove US inflation -4 to -5. │ │ -7, Canada trade near -6 to -7 and Canada │
│ │ │ alliance -3 to -4. │
│ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/29/fed-rate-de │ │ │
│ cision-july-2026.html │ │ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/trump │
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│ nada-plan-trade-talks/ar-AA28UCr0 │
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│ Indonesia faces crucial choice after │ │ Houthis fire at Saudi oil facilities as new │
│ central bank chief's surprise resignation │ │ front escalates │
│ feature - Reuters - wire/independent [IDN] │ │ feature - Al Jazeera - tilt/tilt [SAU,YEM] │
│ │ │ │
│ Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo │ │ A Houthi barrage of dozens of missiles and │
│ resigned without explanation July 27, weeks │ │ drones hit Aramco facilities at Jizan and │
│ after aggressive tightening, with Senior │ │ Yanbu July 25, setting the ~400,000 bpd │
│ Deputy Destry Damayanti named acting │ │ Jizan refinery (~4% of Aramco liquids) │
│ governor; Reuters frames the succession as │ │ ablaze, with expanding fires confirmed by │
│ a test of central-bank independence under │ │ OSINT satellite review; Brent surged back │
│ Prabowo. Multiply corroborated (Reuters, │ │ above $100 in weekend trading. Claimed as │
│ Jakarta Post, Tempo, CNA): drove Indonesia │ │ retaliation for the July 24 coalition │
│ monetary independence 5 to 3. │ │ strikes on Hodeidah. Drove Saudi trade near │
│ │ │ -7 to -8. │
│ https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indone │ │ │
│ sia-central-bank-governor-perry-warjiyo-sur │ │ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/26/ne │
│ prise-resignation-6280466 │ │ w-front-in-us-iran-war-escalates-as-houthis │
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│ EU adopts 21st sanctions package, freezes │ │ Asian refiners look to Suez Canal to move │
│ oil price cap at $44.10 │ │ Saudi oil amid Houthi shipping threats │
│ feature - S&P Global Commodity Insights - │ │ feature - Reuters - wire/independent │
│ unknown/unknown [RUS,UKR,GRC] │ │ [SAU,YEM] │
│ │ │ │
│ The EU adopted its 21st Russia package July │ │ Saudi oil tankers bound for China and India │
│ 23, the day the one-week freeze expired: │ │ U-turned after Houthi warnings; refiners │
│ the oil cap was frozen at $44.10 for a year │ │ began rerouting Saudi Red Sea crude via │
│ (blocking the floating recalculation that │ │ Suez/around Africa as the Houthis warned │
│ would have LIFTED it toward ~$58), │ │ all ships against Saudi ports. Blockade │
│ LNG-tanker transfer controls added, 41 more │ │ moved from declaration to enforcement: │
│ shadow-fleet vessels banned (including the │ │ drove Saudi trade near -6 to -7. │
│ first listings of ships that service them), │ │ │
│ cargo-confiscation powers created, and 48 │ │ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/a │
│ individuals plus 168 entities frozen. The │ │ sian-refiners-look-suez-canal-move-saudi-oi │
│ carry-forward question resolved as a │ │ l-amid-houthi-shipping-threats-2026-07-21/ │
│ tightening: Russia fiscal near held -4. │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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│ https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-res │
│ earch/latest-news/natural-gas/072326-eu-loo │
│ sens-third-country-russian-lng-ban-extends- │
│ oil-price-cap-in-sanctions │
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