Iran and Oman outlined a proposal for a temporary shipping channel through the Strait of…
Iran and Oman outlined a proposal for a temporary shipping channel through the Strait of Hormuz, even as Trump reiterated all mines are cleared and threatened to destroy any Iranian vessel that lays more. Iran says it wants a return to the June MOU, including Article 5 on its own Hormuz administration arrangements — the same sticking point that collapsed the truce in July. Russian losses reached 1,480,750 (+1,450) as of Aug 26. Ukraine's General Staff also reported a fresh Kramatorsk strike, with the injured toll rising to 24. Russia proposed a five-year military pact with North Korea; Seoul says further NK troop deployments are being prepared but not imminent.
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The Hormuz standoff shifted register again: Iranian and Omani officials outlined a proposal for a temporary shipping channel through the Strait, according to regional officials, after weeks of fraught bilateral talks. President Trump used the same news cycle to repeat that all mines in the waterway have been cleared or detonated and to threaten to destroy any Iranian boats that try to place more — a claim that sits awkwardly against Iran's continued insistence, via the semi-official Tasnim agency, that a US return to the June MOU (including Article 5, covering Iran's own arrangements for administering the Strait) is a condition for de-escalation. Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir's Monday visit to Tehran was, per an Iranian source cited by Tasnim, not carrying any US message but an attempt to open space for negotiation and convey Iran's position to Washington. New US sanctions on Iran and its trading partners were also announced this week; China called the measures likely to ‘further intensify tensions.’ On Ukraine, Russian combat losses reached approximately 1,480,750 personnel since Feb 24, 2022 (+1,450 over the past 24 hours) per the General Staff's Aug 26 report, alongside 12,300 tanks (+7), 25,230 armoured vehicles (+10), 48,641 artillery systems (+74) and roughly 481,600 UAVs. Separately, the injured toll from a Russian strike on Kramatorsk has risen to 24. In the great-power space, Russian Defense Minister Belousov returned to Pyongyang to propose a five-year (2027–2031) military cooperation plan; South Korea's Defence Ministry says North Korea continues preparing further troop deployments to Russia but has detected no signs one is imminent, after Kim Yo Jong denied Zelensky's claim that Pyongyang plans to send up to 50,000 additional troops.
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