Australian data: December 2025 imports down m/m, while exports rose m/m

Reports of another likely ballistic missile interception near Ali Al Salem Airbase, Kuwait Iranian forces appear to have targeted the base.

Japan's Q1 capital spending rose just 0.047% year on year, sharply missing the 4.0% forecast and slowing from 6.5% in Q4, with an analyst warning the data points to a downward revision to Q1 GDP.

ECB Executive Board member Schnabel said the bank can no longer look through Iran war inflation as price pressures spread beyond energy, signalling further rate hikes without specifying a ceiling

China tightens outbound investment rules to curb technology and data transfers

US Secretary of State Rubio spoke with Lebanon's president and Israel's PM Netanyahu in the past 48 hours to advance a ceasefire, but Washington says Hezbollah blocked progress on Tehran's orders.

China's RatingDog/S&P Global Manufacturing PMI eased to 51.8 in May from 52.2 in April, staying above 50 for a sixth straight month, as input price inflation eased for the first time in six months.

Reports of Iran drafting its own deal amendments as Tehran pushes back on Trump's terms Iran isn't accepting Trump's edits, it's writing its own, and it's fine if the whole thing falls apart (so they say).