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An undersea internet cable near Taiwan was damaged, and a separate study found China has been testing a bigger navy presence on the Pacific side of the island, the route allies would use to send help in a crisis.
Donald Trump says he is starting a major economic campaign to punish any country doing business with Iran, calling it the toughest such effort yet.
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that much of the world's oil passes through.
An analysis published this week links three unrelated stories: an oil-price shock hitting Latin American budgets, ten African countries qualifying for next year's World Cup, and Western firms like Raytheon and Lockheed Martin winning huge new weapons contracts.
Trade talks between Canada and the United States remain stalled after Washington threatened tariffs of up to 50%.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards say the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway ships use to move oil out of the Gulf, stays closed until US sanctions are lifted and war damages are paid.
In one week, four governments used the word "deterrence" for four unrelated plans: a Saudi Arabia-Pakistan-Turkey defense pact backed by Pakistan's nuclear weapons, a NATO drone-and-sensor network in the Baltic states, European weapons-repair lines set up inside Ukraine as a model for future conflicts, and a North Korean threat of stronger nuclear measures against US-South Korea military drills.
Taiwan's annual Han Kuang military exercises this year practiced coping with a severe internet outage, with apps like TikTok going dead, and included more realistic combat scenarios than in past years.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg warned this week that the US could lose the AI race to China.
A drone carrying explosives was found at Leipzig airport, reopening German debate over how to respond to such threats.
A tanker called the Caroline Bezengi, sanctioned by the European Union and Britain for carrying Russian oil, has been leaking crude off Oman's coast since an explosion on board on 8 June.
For a week, ships came under attack near the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that much of the world's oil passes through.