Coffee's on. Iraq ranks third in the Arab world with $85 billion in cash reserves, while the rate talk keeps churning — one piece asks whether a third change is coming after 2020 and 2023, and MPs' loose statements are stirring the market and the dollar. The Framework has a preliminary deal to hold Thursday's session and vote on all 9 open ministries, Interior and Defense included. Out on the wider board, Trump signs an order to ease diesel costs, Saudi-backed forces push the Houthis back from the strait while the Houthis hit Saudi airports, and France has a burning school and a Le Pen shadow budget. Plus the FBI memos on Mar-a-Lago and maybe the last of Jack Smith. Here's the drop.
Iraq & the Dinar
- Iraq ranks third in the Arab world and 28th globally with $85 billion in cash reserves — Economy News (Arabic)
- The dinar's exchange rate: is a third change coming after the 2020 and 2023 decisions? — Independent Press Agency (Arabic)
- Economic warning: MPs' statements are adding to market and dollar turmoil in Iraq — Shafaq News (Arabic)
- Framework: preliminary agreement to hold Thursday's session and vote on 9 ministries, including Interior and Defense — Al-Maalomah (Arabic)
Oil, Energy & the Wider Board
- “Unprecedented step”: Trump signs order to ease diesel costs amid a global refining crisis — ZeroHedge
- Saudi-backed Yemeni forces expel Houthis from areas around a key strait, officials say — AP News
- Houthis attack multiple Saudi airports, wounding bystanders, and warn civilian infrastructure is now in the crosshairs — ZeroHedge
Around the World
- French bonds rally as Le Pen unveils a shadow budget to pull France back from the fiscal brink — ZeroHedge
- “Under siege”: rioters set fire to the entrance of a Paris high school and block the exit with 100 students and staff inside — Remix News
Home Front
- FBI tracked a Trump aide's phone and monitored Melania Trump before the Mar-a-Lago raid: declassified memos — The Epoch Times
- We may finally be rid of Jack Smith — American Thinker
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