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Hours after a 60-day U.S.–Iran negotiation period lapsed on 17 Aug 2026, President Trump warned he would "bomb" Oman and said the Strait of Hormuz should become U.S. territory, signalling an escalation rather than a peace breakthrough.
On 15 Aug 2026, President Trump vowed to proclaim the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory, while Iran revealed a narrowly technical shipping-lane agreement with Oman but insisted the waterway will stay under Iranian command until Washington lifts its naval blockade.
On 16 Aug 2026, President Trump ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to substantially scale back the 11-day joint U.S.–ROK military exercise set to start the next day, citing cost, optics toward North Korea, and Seoul’s refusal to join a U.S. push on Iran.
On 17 Aug 2026 Jared Kushner met Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya in El-Alamein, securing a verbal pledge to disarm just days after Israeli PM Netanyahu publicly rejected the U.S.-brokered 15-point Gaza withdrawal plan.
At an Aug 14 2026 Long Island rally, President Trump said he will "pretty soon" declare the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory; within hours a White House aide called it a joke and Tehran publicly vowed the waterway "will remain Iranian."
On the night of 14 Aug 2026 a UAE-owned ADNOC vessel was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, the third attack on the company’s ships in six days amid Iran’s wartime closure of the waterway.
In the night of 14–15 Aug 2026 Ukraine hit the Progress Rocket & Space Centre in Samara—900 km inside Russia—using FP-5 “Flamingo” cruise missiles, marking Kyiv’s deepest confirmed strike against Russia’s sole serial Soyuz-2 production line.
Overnight on 12 Aug 2026 Ukraine loosed a swarm of drones, missiles and sea-drones that disabled two of Russia’s largest grain terminals and hit at least four warships at Novorossiysk, forcing the port to halt operations and jolting global wheat markets.
Four days after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake, rescuers detected live victims in rubble at Pereira and Cali, leading President Abelardo de la Espriella to prolong search operations to Saturday and unveil a public-private reconstruction drive for tens of thousands of destroyed homes.
On 11 Aug 2026 a deep 7.4-magnitude earthquake centered near San José del Palmar flattened parts of Cali, Pereira and Chocó, driving the death toll past 250 and forcing brand-new President Abelardo de la Espriella to declare a national disaster and deploy emergency aid.
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