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Six months after the US and Israel attacked Iran, the UAE economy is struggling: Dubai hotel occupancy fell from 80% to just 10%, foreign residents have left, and analysts expect the first GDP drop since COVID-19.

The Strait of Hormuz remains closed to commercial tankers despite a US-Iran declaration of intent to reopen it. Gulf nations are rerouting crude through the Red Sea and planning new pipelines, while Houthi attacks add fresh danger to the alternate route.

The US has fired thousands of hard-to-replace missiles during its war with Iran. Analysis examines whether the American arsenal is critically depleted and what it means for the conflict.

The Pentagon's public casualty database dropped the Iran war death toll from 18 to 14, erasing four recently killed US troops. Officials blamed a technical glitch, but lawmakers from both parties called it an attempt to obscure the war's human cost and circumvent the War Powers Act.

Trump threatened to bomb Iranian infrastructure unless Tehran returns to ceasefire talks, as the two sides exchanged fire for the fourth consecutive day and the US resumed its blockade of Iranian ports.

NATO leaders gathered in Ankara, Turkey on July 7-8 for the 36th NATO summit. Five allies are on track to meet the 3.5% GDP defense target; a $4.5 billion deal for 10 Saab GlobalEye surveillance planes was announced; and Trump clashed with European allies over Iran and Greenland.

The US and Iran agreed Monday on a deal to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with signing set for Friday in Geneva — though Israel's Lebanon offensive and Iran's nuclear program remain unresolved.