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July 15, 2026
European wheat prices rose more than 6% Wednesday, as the escalating attacks in the Black Sea raised concerns about key grain export routes. Traders expect some demand to shift towards European Union supplies. Benchmark September milling grain on the?Paris based Euronext was up 6.5% at?1450 GMT…
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July 15, 2026
The European Union and Ukraine have signed a "drone agreement" to create joint projects, increase production and combine the?Kyiv expertise with EU industrial capabilities. This was announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday.
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July 15, 2026
In a Wednesday 'Telegram message, ASAP Agri, a grains consultancy, said that many shipowners have stated they are avoiding Ukrainian Black Sea ports due to 'high risk. The consultancy quoted Taras Panasyuk as saying that "Today a large number of shipowners stated?they avoided Ukrainian ports".
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July 15, 2026
European wheat prices rose nearly 6% Wednesday, as the escalating Black Sea attacks raised concerns about key grain export routes. Traders expect some demand to move to European supplies. Benchmark September milling?wheat?on Paris' Euronext was up 5.7% at 1035 GMT…
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July 15, 2026
The G7 foreign ministers, as well as the EU's chief of foreign policy, urged Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allies to stop any actions that might lead to further atrocities in El-Obeid. The delegates also called for all parties, including the Sudanese Army…
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July 15, 2026
Shipping data showed that the number of vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz increased on Tuesday. Most of these vessels were linked to Iranian trade before a U.S. ban took effect on Wednesday. U.S. president Donald 'Trump' reimposed on Tuesday a?naval blocade?" of all Iranian ports…
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July 14, 2026
The Islamic Revolutionary 'Guard Corps of Iran said that on a?Wednesday, it targeted what it referred to as command-and-control and?logistics facilities,...fuel, and military equipment belonging to the U.S. Fifth Fleet. The?response was?in response?to what they?said was U.S.
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July 14, 2026
Officials?said that a person was killed and two others went missing after a?triple-deck pontoon with 19 people on board capsized near Alcatraz Island, in San Francisco Bay. Dean Crispen, San Francisco's Fire Chief, said at a recent press conference…
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July 14, 2026
The U.S. Coast Guard launched a search and rescue mission in San Francisco Bay, near Alcatraz Island, after a vessel with 19 people on board caught fire. KGO TV reported that at least one person is missing and a second person has been killed.
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July 14, 2026
Two security sources said that at least 50 migrants including women and children were lost at sea, but 10 people survived after their wooden boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of Libya on Tuesday. The survivors were saved near El-Bardaa Island (about 70 km west of Tobruk)…
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July 14, 2026
U.S. president Donald 'Trump' on Tuesday renounced the idea of charging 20% of the value of all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz and instead said that he would make trade and investment agreements with Gulf states. The plan has changed…
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July 14, 2026
Iran fired ballistic rockets at an American air base in Jordan and the United States targeted Iranian targets for 5 hours in a battle to control the Strait of Hormuz that has sent oil prices up four weeks. U.S. forces launched a wave of attacks…
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July 13, 2026
The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defence announced on Tuesday that one Indian crew member died and eight other?were injured when two Emirati oil tankers were hit by Iranian cruise missiles in?the Strait of Hormuz. This was the latest escalation of the strategic waterway.
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July 13, 2026
Donald Trump told reporters that the United States is attacking Iran's capabilities in relation to the Strait of Hormuz amid renewed military actions between the two countries. Trump said to reporters in the Oval Office that he hadn't?decided a negotiated solution with Tehran could not be achieved.
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July 13, 2026
The U.S. Navy's Joint Maritime Information Center announced on Monday that the U.S. Military will impose a?"maritime _blockade" on Iran starting on Tuesday. The center stated in an advisory that the blockade will cover 'all of Iran’s ports, oil terminals and coastal areas.
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July 13, 2026
The U.N. shipping agency announced on Monday that more details are awaited following the statement made by U.S. President Donald Trump. He said in a post that he was reinstating Washington's naval blockade against Iran, and Washington would…
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July 13, 2026
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations announced on 'Monday that a tanker reportedly reported being approached by'six small skiffs? 50 nautical miles (93 kilometers) south of Yemen’s Aden. The tanker also reported firing warning shots. Ambrey…
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July 13, 2026
A crew member from India is still missing after a container?ship flying the Cyprus flag was struck in the Strait of?Hormuz Sunday?and a?search?operation?is under way to find him. Cyprus' Deputy Ministry of Shipping announced on Monday. Authorities…
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July 13, 2026
U.S. forces and Iranian forces have exchanged heavy'missiles and drone attacks, with Tehran targeting U.S. installations in states throughout the Gulf, and claiming it has again closed the Strait of Hormuz. This sent oil prices higher. Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed that they had targeted U.S.
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July 13, 2026
Shipping data showed that the number of vessels passing through the Strait of?Hormuz on Sunday fell to a multi-week low, after renewed strikes between?Iran, the U.S., and?Israel, and attacks?on?ships in?the Middle?East, heightened safety concerns.
