Briefings
Each morning, our editors compress the previous 24 hours into a single readable digest. Breaking-news editions ship as events warrant.
- July 6, 2026 · 2026-07-06-morning
Daily Strike — Morning Edition
Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks stall over Kostiantynivka, Trump holds businesslike Putin call, Taiwan revives anti-communist education, and North Korea tests missiles.
- July 5, 2026 · 2026-07-05-evening
Daily Strike — Evening Edition
NATO summit diplomacy, Russia-Ukraine ground disputes, Vance's capability assessment, and Taiwan's military posture shift define the Sunday evening window.
- July 5, 2026 · 2026-07-05-morning
Daily Strike — Morning Edition
The full London Independence Day session closed without a Hormuz corridor development. ICE Brent held the halt premium. Tokyo has opened into the same unchanged record.
- July 4, 2026 · 2026-07-04-evening
Daily Strike — Evening Edition
The halt reaches 164 hours as Independence Day closes. A full London session produced no corridor developments. ICE Brent holds the pause premium. Asian markets open next.
- July 4, 2026 · 2026-07-04-morning
Daily Strike — Morning Edition
The halt reaches 153 hours on Independence Day. The Khamenei funeral opens in Tehran. ICE Brent locked at pause premium through the 89-hour US holiday gap. Next window: July 7.
- July 3, 2026 · 2026-07-03-evening
Daily Strike — Evening Edition
The halt enters the July 4 holiday gap at 140 hours. ICE Brent settled at the pause premium. Iran's 'by Friday' channel commitment expired unmet. Next window: July 9.
- July 3, 2026 · 2026-07-03-morning
Daily Strike — Morning Edition
Doha round ended Thursday with disputed accounts; the halt enters July 3 at 118 hours with no verification step and Khamenei funeral rites beginning July 4.
- July 2, 2026 · 2026-07-02-evening
Daily Strike — Evening Edition
Doha talks end with Qatar citing progress and Iran claiming a funds deal Washington denied; next round paused for Khamenei funeral July 4–9 as the Hormuz halt passes hour 114.
- July 2, 2026 · 2026-07-02-morning
Daily Strike — Morning Edition
The halt enters Thursday at hour 96 with no Oman formulation, no congressional action, and no Lloyd's repricing after Wednesday's close. Thursday is the last pre-holiday US institutional window.
- July 1, 2026 · 2026-07-01-evening
Daily Strike — Evening Edition
Wednesday closed without an Oman statement, congressional action, or Lloyd's repricing. Thursday is the halt's last working window before July 4 removes US institutional capacity through July 7.
- July 1, 2026 · 2026-07-01-morning
Daily Strike — Morning Edition
The halt reaches 72 hours as Wednesday opens. Monday's New York session and Tuesday's Asian open produced no movement on any of the three verification thresholds.
- June 30, 2026 · 2026-06-30-evening
Daily Strike — Evening Edition
The US-Iran halt enters hour 52 as Asian markets open with all three verification tests still unresolved after a full Monday of US trading produced no Oman statement.
- June 30, 2026 · 2026-06-30-morning
Daily Strike — Morning Edition
The halt holds through Sunday night with all three verification tests still open as Congress returns Monday and oil markets weigh an unconfirmed pause.
- June 29, 2026 · 2026-06-29-evening
Daily Strike — Evening Edition
The Hormuz halt holds at hour 18. Tehran has not confirmed it. No tanker has transited. Three verification tests remain open as Tuesday's Asian open approaches.
- June 29, 2026 · 2026-06-29-morning
Daily Strike — Morning Edition
The War Powers filing is in. Congress has a 60-day clock, CENTCOM has released no damage data, and Monday's Asian markets inherit a suspended Hormuz corridor and a third-strike signal.
- June 28, 2026 · 2026-06-28-evening
Daily Strike — Evening Edition
Iran's official silence held through Sunday afternoon as CENTCOM released no damage data, the third-strike target debate deepened, and the War Powers deadline arrived at 21:35 UTC.
- June 28, 2026 · 2026-06-28-morning
Daily Strike — Morning Edition
Saturday's afternoon and evening produced two more Iranian kinetic responses, a second tanker struck in Hormuz, and a second US strike on Iran — all before midnight.
- June 27, 2026 · 2026-06-27-evening
Daily Strike — Evening Edition
Iran's IRGC broke sixteen hours of post-CENTCOM silence with drone strikes on Bahrain. Evening brief covers the retaliation, the coalition question, and Sunday's market open.
- June 27, 2026 · 2026-06-27-morning
Daily Strike — Morning Edition
CENTCOM struck Iranian drone and radar sites Friday night after Trump named Iran for four Hormuz drone launches. Tehran has not responded. Day Nine opens with the framework's first breach unresolved.
- June 26, 2026 · 2026-06-26-evening
Daily Strike — Evening Edition
CENTCOM struck Iranian drone and radar sites Friday evening after Trump named Iran for four Hormuz drone launches — the framework's first kinetically-answered breach, with Iran yet to respond.
- June 26, 2026 · 2026-06-26-morning
Daily Strike — Morning Edition
Cargo ship struck in Hormuz late Thursday; UN evacuation paused, oil's peace bet reversed, and Versailles enters Day Eight with both fronts unresolved and attribution still open.
- June 25, 2026 · 2026-06-25-evening
Daily Strike — Evening Edition
Oil falls below pre-war levels as Trump requests $87bn for Iran war costs; Rubio presses Gulf allies and Europe while Oman rules out Hormuz transit fees.
- June 24, 2026 · 2026-06-24-morning
Daily Strike — Morning Edition
Wednesday opens with Versailles's first named enforcement body, a failed IOC tanker tender, and Rubio's Gulf tour — 54 days remain in the verification window.
- June 23, 2026 · 2026-06-23-evening
Daily Strike — Evening Edition
Tuesday produced Versailles's first named enforcement body: an Iran-Oman Hormuz working group, as Rubio toured Gulf states and IOC's tanker tender drew no bids.
- June 23, 2026 · 2026-06-23-morning
Daily Strike — Morning Edition
Tuesday opens on a Monday close that carried Qatar's Ras Laffan casualty count without a force majeure, an IRGC Hormuz declaration the underwriting room declined, and a Versailles framework five days in.
- June 22, 2026 · 2026-06-22-evening
Daily Strike — Evening Edition
Monday's window closed with a Hormuz closure declaration the underwriting room declined to designate and an LNG hub explosion at Ras Laffan that killed at least 13.
- June 22, 2026 · 2026-06-22-morning
Daily Strike — Morning Edition
Sunday's bell at six Eastern opened against the file four institutional principals chose not to amend; Tehran's foreign ministry closed the work week's second day still silent.
- June 21, 2026 · 2026-06-21-evening
Daily Strike — Evening Edition
Sunday's institutional cycle settled sub-cabinet, the State written-guidance window closed without a counter-line, and the Brent bell at six Eastern inherits the unrevised weekend file.
- June 21, 2026 · 2026-06-21-morning
Daily Strike — Morning Edition
Sunday opens with the IRGC closure declaration unenforced on the tape, Tehran's foreign ministry crossing into the work week's second day still silent, and the Israeli cabinet's motzei Shabbat window closed without a readout.
- June 20, 2026 · 2026-06-20-evening
Daily Strike — Evening Edition
Saturday closes with the IRGC declaring Hormuz shut, the Israeli cabinet's motzei Shabbat window open, and the Iranian foreign ministry holding its silence on its own military's call.