July 14 — Japan's Nikkei 225 closed up 500.77 pts (+0.74%) at 67743.50. Kioxia +5.3%, SoftBank +2.2%. South Korea's KOSPI closed up 49.9 pts (+0.73%) at 6856.83 after plunging more than 5% intraday. KOSDAQ fell 1.92%; it dropped over 5% intraday and triggered an automated program-trading pause. SK Hynix +3.6%, Samsung Electronics +3.3%.

Shanxi water resources and meteorological bureaus jointly issued an orange mountain flash‑flood risk warning for 08:00 Jul 14–08:00 Jul 15. High likelihood of mountain flash floods in parts of Jinzhong (SW), Lüliang (C–S), Changzhi (mid‑N), Linfen (W and central) and Yuncheng (N) — 14 counties across five cities. Relatively high likelihood in parts of Jinzhong (SE), Lüliang (SW), Changzhi (NW and NE), Linfen (E and S) and Yuncheng (central) — 22 counties across five cities.

Axios, citing U.S. officials, reported that Trump supports Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman taking an unusually rare military action against Yemen's Houthi movement.