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Iran’s top diplomat met his Qatari counterpart on Thursday (August 27, 2026) in Tehran for talks on the strategic Strait of Hormuz, as a U.S. naval blockade squeezes oil supplies to Iran amid a domestic shortfall. The visit by Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani follows a week of intense diplomacy in…
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President of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva waves after a meeting with Uruguay’s President Yamandu Orsi in Montevideo, Uruguay. File | Photo Credit: AP The global economy has weathered the oil shock caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz “better than feared” due to various factors, including an investment boom in artificial…
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A woman walks as vessels in the Strait of Hormuz are visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Five commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday (August 25, 2026), little changed from a day earlier but well below the 10-day average of 15, preliminary shipping data showed…
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with Field Marshal Asim Munir, in Tehran, Iran on August 24, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir has held “comprehensive discussions” with the Iranian leadership in Tehran, focusing on measures to prevent further escalation of the West Asia conflict and the reopening of the…
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File picture of a drone view of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman. Overall traffic volumes remained suppressed in the week to August 21, as vessels aborted transit plans or switched routes through the strait’s north after attacks, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said in a report….
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Profiles On August 18, 2026, an unknown projectile hit the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Minoan Dignity while it was exiting the Strait of Hormuz, killing the ship’s chief engineer. Before the news broke, a 72-word alert had informed seafarers and maritime observers about the attack. It read, “UKMTO has received a report of an incident in…
Trump calls Strait of Hormuz ‘American territory’, warns Iran over nuclear weapons U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran must never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon and described the Strait of Hormuz as “American territory” amid escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran, Al Jazeera reported. “They want to make a deal so badly, we…
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Iran’s armed forces warned Gulf countries against assisting the U.S. military on Wednesday (August 19, 2026), hours after the United Arab Emirates announced it was severing economic ties with Tehran following new attacks on shipping. The Gulf is dotted with U.S. military installations, including in the UAE, which said on Tuesday (August 18, 2026) that…
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call to pursue talks with Iran to de-escalate tensions between the two countries, and offered Ankara’s support for peace efforts, the Turkish presidency said today. Turkiye, which has NATO’s second-largest army and borders Iran, has repeatedly called for an end to the war….
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U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday he was pleased by the recent signing of a defence pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan. “Very happy to see that Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have recently, and finally, signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform. “It shows how the Middle…