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- Wednesday, 26 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The Iranian agency Irna, cited by Reuters, reported that Iran has allowed the passage of some Iraqi oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, following repeated requests from Baghdad. Neither the number of vessels nor the conditions of the authorisation were specified. Irna is an Iranian state agency: the information is reported as an attributed statement. (CNN)
- Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · Lead Story
The American Treasury announces plan against the Iranian economy: secondary sanctions, China included
Washington presents "Operation Economic Outcast": threat to strike those who financially support Tehran. The measures have not yet been imposed; deadlines for individual countries will come first.
- Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · Analysis
Hormuz: UN opens channel on fertilizers and establishes working group on the strait
On August 25 the United Nations offers to facilitate trade in fertilizers blocked by the closure of the waterway. The day before, the US Treasury launched 'Operation Economic Outcast', with secondary sanctions across five sectors and nearly sixty designations.
- Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · Lead Story
Iran threatens fines and confiscations for ships transiting Hormuz
Tehran warns that those who violate transit rules risk financial penalties, seizure or confiscation; the Supreme National Security Council calls support for American economic measures an "act of war." Washington announces new sanctions, the text of which is not public.
- Monday, 24 August 2026 · Lead Story
Zelensky presents three-point plan to end the war: truce, free zone, withdrawal
On the day of the 35th anniversary of independence, the Ukrainian president outlines to journalists a plan drawn up with Washington and European partners. Nordic-Baltic heads of government in Kyiv; agreements with Finland on drones.
- Monday, 24 August 2026 · Lead Story
Zelensky rules out wartime vote, ex-minister Fedorov calls for elections
The Ukrainian president rejected on August 23 the possibility of elections during the conflict. The call came from former Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, removed from office in July, who is now attacking the government on the issue of corruption.
- Sunday, 23 August 2026 · Lead Story
Iran responds to announcement of new sanctions: Hormuz remains closed
Nearly six months since the start of the conflict, Tehran declares it can withstand the economic measures announced by Washington and does not change its position on the Strait. The content of the American package has not been published.
- Saturday, 22 August 2026 · Lead Story
Russian attack on Kyiv and Odesa: railway company hit in Darnytsia, one dead
On the night of August 22, Russian missiles and drones struck the Ukrainian capital, the Kyiv region and the Odesa region. Moscow claims logistics and port targets, Kyiv reports a railway employee killed and a damaged station.
- Saturday, 22 August 2026 · Analysis
UN, second straw poll on succession to Guterres remains without minutes
On August 21 the Security Council sounded out the eight candidates for the leadership of the United Nations for the second time. A procedure without written records, ballots destroyed, a third of preferences not expressed. Meanwhile Washington notifies Congress of a payment of 850 million dollars.
- Friday, 21 August 2026 · Analysis
Iran, Washington shifts pressure to sanctions: details to be announced Monday
Vice President Vance speaks of a new economic phase in the confrontation with Tehran, Treasury Secretary Bessent postpones the announcement of measures to Monday. Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi rejects the strategy.
- Friday, 21 August 2026 · Lead Story
Hormuz, two ADNOC tankers hit by drones: UAE calls it piracy
Two vessels belonging to Abu Dhabi's state company were damaged while transiting the Strait. Commercial traffic remains below the August average, and the US naval blockade on Iranian ports is still in effect.
- Thursday, 20 August 2026 · Lead Story
Gaza, ten dead in two Israeli strikes two days after US request to scale back attacks
On August 19, two strikes on Nuseirat and Gaza City killed at least ten people, according to local hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. The Israeli military says it hit Hamas commanders. Before dawn, witnesses report, an Israeli unit had crossed the truce boundary in the southern sector of the Strip.
- Wednesday, 19 August 2026 · Analysis
Iran and United States, no negotiations underway: naval blockade on Iranian ports remains
Trump rules out talks with Tehran and confirms the measures on maritime traffic. The dispute over the status of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran claims as its own, remains open. A report on U.S. pressure toward Oman currently rests on a single source.
- Wednesday, 19 August 2026 · Analysis
Chad notifies UN of withdrawal from the International Criminal Court
N'Djamena joins Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger: the withdrawal from the Rome Statute will take effect in a year. The government justifies the choice with the geographic distribution of investigations opened by the Court and asks the African Union for continental judicial instruments.
- Tuesday, 18 August 2026 · Lead Story
Hormuz, Trump rules out extending the agreement and a ship is hit in transit
This morning the front line in the Strait was the Iranian announcement of an agreement on shipping routes. By afternoon the picture had changed: the June memorandum expired without renewal, Washington is demanding Tehran's surrender and threatening Oman, and on August 18 a ship in transit reported being hit.
- Tuesday, 18 August 2026 · Analysis
Hormuz, Tehran announces agreement on shipping routes as Washington threatens Oman
Iran's foreign ministry declares that an agreement has been reached on the transit map through the Strait; Donald Trump threatens Muscat. Maritime traffic remains at 17% of the pre-conflict average according to UKMTO, while in the United States gasoline stands at $4.07 per gallon.
- Monday, 17 August 2026 · Lead Story
US-Iran ceasefire expires without renewal, Hormuz remains closed
The deadline announced this morning has been formalized: Tehran makes any renewal conditional on a list of demands, while the US Navy maintains the blockade of Iranian ports. Meanwhile, a New York Times verification debunks a statement on the nuclear issue attributed to the Revolutionary Guards commander and echoed by Netanyahu.
- Monday, 17 August 2026 · Lead Story
Iran and United States, Islamabad memorandum expires without negotiation
The sixty-day term set by the agreement signed in Islamabad runs out on Monday without talks on nuclear issues, sanctions and maritime security ever having started. Washington considers the ceasefire over; Tehran denies one with an expiry date ever existed. Meanwhile the Strait of Hormuz has been closed again and the American naval blockade has been reinstated.
- Sunday, 16 August 2026 · Analysis
Kuril Islands, Japanese protest reported by a single Russian source
Russian media report a visit by the Russian president to the disputed islands and the summoning of the ambassador in Tokyo. No independent confirmation at present: the facts remain attributed statements. A story distinct from the morning's lead on Sudan.
- Sunday, 16 August 2026 · Lead Story
Sudan, half a million people locked inside el-Obeid
The RSF tighten the siege on the capital of North Kordofan. The UN Human Rights Office speaks of the risk of catastrophe; a few hundred kilometres away, in al-Fasher and Kadugli, famine has already been confirmed.
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