Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on the morning of the 21st local time it struck a U.S. military base in Jordan and Amazon's infrastructure in Bahrain. Jordan, Bahrain and U.S. authorities had not yet responded.

New Zealand Q2 CPI YoY 4.1% (expected 4.0%; prior 3.1%).

China's foreign minister Wang Yi met Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong in Manila on the 21st. Wang said bilateral ties are on a path to improvement under their leaders' guidance; China is willing to strengthen exchanges, build mutual trust and expand cooperation, and urged Australia to respect non-interference, abandon double standards and work with China to sustain the improvement while managing differences on the basis of mutual respect.