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- 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.
- Saturday, 15 August 2026 · Analysis
Two Italian Eurofighters shoot down a drone over Latvia: Riga labels it "probably Ukrainian"
On the night between August 13 and 14, allied air defense intervened in the region of Balvi. According to the Latvian armed forces, the aircraft had been diverted by Russian electronic warfare. A story the morning edition did not report.
- Saturday, 15 August 2026 · Analysis
Hormuz, thirteen transits in a day: the strait remains virtually closed to trade
On the 167th day of the crisis, traffic through the passage between the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean is down to a sixth of normal. Two tankers linked to Adnoc have been hit, alternative routes are adding two weeks to voyages, and Washington announces that the naval deployment will continue.
- Friday, 14 August 2026 · Lead Story
Two ADNOC ships hit in Strait of Hormuz, Emirates accuse Iran
Drone attack on Thursday evening against two vessels of the Emirati state company: no injuries, minor damage according to the British center UKMTO. Condemnations from Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt and Bahrain; no immediate reply from Tehran.
- Friday, 14 August 2026 · Analysis
Hormuz, six months of blocked traffic: transits at lowest levels and negotiations stalled
Transits through the strait remain close to the year's lowest levels according to an analysis of Kpler data; Iran's military command ties passage to authorization from Tehran, while a government source rules out progress on the June agreement. In the background, the consumption of US precision munitions.
- Thursday, 13 August 2026 · Lead Story
Moscow raises the tension: drone hits civilian train, threat of naval seizures
A Russian drone strikes a passenger train in the Odessa region, killing two railway workers, while Vladimir Putin threatens to seize European ships in response to sanctions on Russia's "shadow fleet".
- Thursday, 13 August 2026 · Analysis
Russia releases former US Marine after more than four years
Robert Gilman, a teacher and former Massachusetts serviceman, has returned to the United States after a conversation between Trump and Putin about his release, which took place without a prisoner exchange.
- Wednesday, 12 August 2026 · Analysis
Oil rises after new Trump threats against Iran, as Islamabad speaks of talks underway
The US president has renewed threats against Tehran and energy markets have reacted with a rise in prices. At the same time, Pakistani sources indicate that Washington and Iran may be close to a deal, in a picture that remains uncertain regarding flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
- Wednesday, 12 August 2026 · Lead Story
Night of Russian attacks as peace talks reportedly draw closer
A new wave of raids killed at least 12 people in Ukraine, while US sources claim that most of the sticking points in negotiations with Moscow have now been resolved.
- Tuesday, 11 August 2026 · Analysis
A Syrian court sentences Assad to death in absentia
Damascus justice convicts the former president and his brother of crimes against humanity and war crimes, at the end of a 14-year conflict.
- Tuesday, 11 August 2026 · Lead Story
In Gaza, Israeli attacks continue despite the truce in force
While the ceasefire formally remains active, Israel is intensifying military operations and consolidating control over more than half of the Strip, as Hamas announces an agreement on progressive disarmament yet to be confirmed.
- Monday, 10 August 2026 · Analysis
Iran and Oman moving toward partial agreement on Hormuz, but Tehran sets conditions for Washington
Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi says talks with Oman on a temporary transit route through the strait are "very close" to an agreement, but rules out a full reopening without US concessions.
- Monday, 10 August 2026 · Analysis
Netanyahu rejects US 15-point plan on Gaza
The Israeli premier rejects the roadmap backed by Trump: no Idf withdrawal without total disarmament of Hamas, any hypothesis of a Palestinian State excluded.
- Sunday, 9 August 2026 · Lead Story
The Mecca pact, Tehran's first critical reaction
Just days after the signing of the defense agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, the first public stance by an Iranian official has emerged.
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