Visiting Syria on the 26th, UN secretary-general Guterres called for the immediate lifting of all sanctions and urged the international community to increase political and economic support for reconstruction. He said he welcomed measures easing sanctions that could open new possibilities for economic recovery and that all sanctions should be lifted immediately.

Oil has rebounded toward $100/bbl, reviving inflation and rate-hike concerns for major central banks. The Fed, Bank of England and Bank of Japan may show varying degrees of vigilance while the ECB has signalled readiness to tighten; market pricing now assigns a meaningful chance that several central banks act as early as September. Emkay Global’s Madhavi Arora says Brent’s rally is no longer driven solely by Strait of Hormuz risks and recent Red Sea disruptions: visible traffic through the Strait has fallen to near zero, global inventories have been drawn down to near exhaustion, and fresh supply interruptions are tightening the market. Russian fuel exports remain constrained after months of Ukrainian drone strikes, and Kazakhstan has cut output following a Caspian Pipeline Consortium export-terminal shutdown, adding to supply-side strain.

中国地震台网正式测定：07月27日10时14分在台湾台南市（北纬23.16度，东经120.59度）发生4.0级地震，震源深度8千米。