Cuba suffered a nationwide blackout on Monday as it faces an ongoing energy crisis, worsened by an effective US blockade on fuel shipments. Cuba’s energy ministry said the national electrical grid had suffered a total collapse. The country’s grid operator said it is investigating the cause. Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said officials were working to restore energy and that they’ve already activated emergency “microsystems” that power vital services.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/06/americas/cuba-blackout-electrical-grid-intl-latam
The massive decline in oil prices over the past few weeks has gifted the Trump administration with some unexpected leverage in its ongoing negotiations with Iran. Despite an obliterated navy and air force, Iran wielded significant economic power in the spring. It effectively closed off the Strait of Hormuz to oil tanker traffic by threatening vessels with makeshift drones and explosive-packed speedboats. That persistent threat kept oil prices high through March, April and May, sending gas prices surging and global oil inventories to dangerously low levels. But now, the Strait of Hormuz is gradually reopening. Oil traders expect the historic oil supply shortage to quickly turn into a major glut as the world is flooded with crude. That’s why Brent crude hovers right around $70 a barrel, trading below its price from two weeks before the war – despite an attack on a tanker Monday.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/07/business/iran-trump-oil-price-supply
A tanker was reportedly struck by an unknown projectile while sailing near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). Citing an unnamed US official, The Wall Street Journal reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had fired at two commercial ships near the Strait. Axios, citing unnamed US officials, reported Iran had fired missiles at commercial ships transiting through the strait. The reported attack occurred hours before US President Donald Trump departed for a high-stakes NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, where leaders are expected to discuss security in the Strait, and as Iran observes a multi-day funeral for its slain former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/07/middleeast/hormuz-tanker-iran-attack-intl-hnk
The woman suspected in the Monaco bombing attack that wounded a Ukrainian businessman has been found dead in Ukraine, officials in that country said on Tuesday. Interpol previously named the bombing suspect as 39-year-old Anastasiia Berezovska, who was born in Ukraine and recently resided in Germany. Her body was found with gunshot wounds to the head and pistol casings, according to police and the Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office. Ukrainian authorities said they detained two men on suspicion of murdering Berezovska “by prior conspiracy.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/07/europe/monaco-suspect-body-found-ukraine-intl