Britain said Iran seized two oil tankers in the Gulf and told Tehran to return the vessels or face consequences in the latest confrontation to ratchet up tension along a vital international oil shipping route. Iran said the second vessel had not been seized.
U.S. Democratic lawmakers on Friday called President Donald Trump's latest anti-immigration initiatives "unacceptable" and warned his administration against misappropriating funding authorized only for humanitarian use.
Saudi Arabia's King Salman approved hosting U.S. forces in the country to boost regional security and stability, the state news agency (SPA) reported on Friday.
An attorney for former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks denied on Friday that she was involved in discussions during the 2016 presidential campaign about a hush-money payment to a porn star who claimed to have had a sexual encounter with President Donald Trump.
An expected interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve later this month is pushing yield-oriented U.S. fund managers further afield in search of income at attractive prices.
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow will host a meeting with semiconductor and software executives on Monday to discuss the U.S. ban on sales to China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, two sources briefed on the meeting said on Friday.
Many victims of an arson attack on a Japanese animation studio were young with bright futures, some joining only in April, the shaken company president said on Saturday, as the death toll climbed to 34.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+2.057
|
+0.000 |
| DE 10YR |
-0.324
|
-0.002 |
| JP 10YR |
-0.125
|
+0.009 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1220 | 0.0093 |
| EUR | 0.8909 | 1 | 0.0083 |
| JPY | 107.7000 | 120.8400 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,436.20
USD
|
+10.10
Exp: Jul 19
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| Copper |
2.74
USD
|
+0.04
Exp: Jul 19
|
| Crude Oil |
55.74
USD
|
+0.44
Exp: Jul 19
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The United States should reject "prejudice" and respect facts instead of vilifying China's record on religious rights, the Communist Party newspaper People's Daily said on Saturday after fresh criticism of China's treatment of ethnic Muslims.
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