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Security sources say a drone strike targeted an Iranian opposition camp east of Erbil, Iraq.

U.S. Defense Secretary Hergsays will travel to Belgium tomorrow to attend a NATO ministerial meeting.

According to Serbian state television, the sanction grace period for NIS oil company, which is owned by Russia and subject to US sanctions, has been extended to July 1.

Cheniere Energy CFO: Most developing countries will not entrust their energy security to the United States. We hope Qatar Energy will return to the market as soon as possible, as this will create a more diversified global supply structure.

According to Venezuelan state television: Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Spain's Repsol for crude oil and natural gas.

Hang Seng Index futures closed up 0.11% at 24,510 points in overnight trading, a premium of 16 points.

Citadel Securities: With inflation persisting and widespread, the Federal Reserve may begin a series of rate hikes as early as September.

The China Earthquake Networks Center officially determined that a 3.7-magnitude earthquake occurred in Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province at 02:50 on June 17, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.

Sources say that U.S. Commerce Secretary Rutnick warned in a letter to Anthropic of potential restrictions on advanced AI models, which led Anthropic to shut down features related to the Mythos model.

Fitch: Brazil's total government debt as a percentage of GDP will rise to 78.6% in 2025 and is expected to exceed 80% in 2026.

As of the 2:30 closing bell, the main Shanghai gold futures contract fell 0.06%, the main Shanghai silver futures contract fell 0.07%, and the main SC crude oil futures contract fell 3.93%.

Fitch affirmed Brazil's rating at BB with a stable outlook.

Documents from Brazil's oil regulator, ANP, show that it has approved a payment of 740 million reais to Petrobras, the state-owned oil company, for the first installment of its diesel subsidy program.

June 17th - As of 2:30 PM closing, the Shanghai Gold futures main contract closed down 0.06% at 945 yuan/gram, the Shanghai Silver futures main contract closed down 0.07% at 16,847 yuan/kilogram, and the SC crude oil futures main contract closed down 3.93% at 509 yuan/barrel.

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Thune: The Senate will hold a procedural vote on the bipartisan housing bill today, but there are still some issues to be resolved in the bill.

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Thune: In my opinion, at least Senate Minority Leader Schumer and the Democrats seem to want one more government shutdown.

The Ukrainian Air Force stated that a Su-24M aircraft crashed in western Ukraine, killing both crew members.

According to Israel's public broadcaster, a senior UAE security official secretly visited Israel in March at the beginning of the joint US-Israel strike against Iran to hold high-level security talks.

Iranian Foreign Minister: After the first phase, negotiations will continue for 60 days to reach a final agreement that will include the nuclear issue and the lifting of sanctions.