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August 11, 2026 11:43 AM

Gulf shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz falls to six vessels

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to six on Monday, compared with a 10-day average of about 11 vessels, shipping data showed, amid fading hopes of a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran. Four commodity vessels, including two empty o...

August 10, 2026 8:37 AM

Iran ties Hormuz reopening to US concessions on several demands

Iran said it was nearing a final pact with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the U.S. must meet other conditions, including compensation and an end to sanctions and military threats, before t...

August 9, 2026 1:09 PM

Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan sign trilateral defence pact

For the first time, Turkiye's defence-industrial base, Pakistan's nuclear-deterrence and Saudi Arabia's financial muscle fuse into a single military bloc The geopolitical shift fundamentally rewrites security-architecture from the Mediterranean to S...

Last updated on: 30th August 2026

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