Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy said oil production has temporarily declined.

Iranian state media said an Iranian military member was killed in a U.S. strike on Shalamcheh, Iran, on Wednesday night.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on July 23 that 1H 2026 shipbuilding data showed three core metrics—completed output, new orders and orderbook—reached record highs, keeping China ahead of the global market. Completed deliveries were 36.5 mln DWT, up 51.2% YoY; orderbook stood at 363.25 mln DWT, up 54.9% YoY; new orders totaled 121.06 mln DWT, up 173.1% YoY and exceeded the prior full-year order peak.