Annual inflation rate. 🇲🇲 Myanmar: +28.5% 🇱🇦 Laos: +24.9% 🇵🇭 Philippines: +3.7% 🇸🇬 Singapore: +3.4% 🇰🇷 South Korea: +3.1% 🇮🇩 Indonesia: +3.05% 🇯🇵 Japan: +2.8% 🇹🇼 Taiwan: +2.14% 🇭🇰 Hong Kong: +2.1% 🇲🇾 Malaysia: +1.8% 🇨🇳 China: +0.1% 🇹🇭 Thailand: -0.47%

BREAKING: Al-Arabiya reports that Iranian forces have captured the Portuguese vessel MSC ARIES in the Strait of Hormuz

BREAKING: Australian airline Qantas changes route to avoid flying through Iran's airspace

BREAKING: The 🇮🇱 IDF says it struck a large Hezbollah compound in southern Lebanon

BREAKING: CNN reports that the US has observed Iran 'moving military assets around internally, including drones and cruise missiles'

BREAKING: ABC News reports US officials say Iran has prepared over 100 cruise missiles for a possible strike on Israel

JUST IN: Trump says Biden is 'pretty pathetic' for saying Iran is about to attack Israel, adds that such an attack would not be happening if he had remained in office.

BREAKING: Canada's foreign minister says Middle East security situation is 'highly volatile' and 'could escalate without notice'

BREAKING: 🇨🇦 Canada's foreign minister says 'avoid all travel' to Israel and the West Bank, says Canadians already there 'should consider leaving by commercial means'.

JUST IN: Reports that Israeli fighter jets are airborne near Lebanon-Syria border