印度外交部：印度外交部长苏杰生将于8月23日至24日对俄罗斯进行正式访问。

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE): For the week ended Aug 18, speculative net-long positions in natural gas rose 1,807 contracts to 92,522 contracts.

Aug 21 — Iran Navy commander Shahram Irani said the waters east of the Strait of Hormuz and in the Gulf of Oman, key approaches to the Strait and the Persian Gulf, are "under Iran's full control." He said Iranian forces are monitoring all movements of foreign hostile forces around the clock, remain on high alert under the supreme leader's command, and would "soon give the enemy a major, historic, unforgettable lesson at sea."