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On 5 Aug 2026 negotiators from Iran and Oman finished a 60-day maritime corridor plan—placing inbound tankers under Iranian oversight and outbound traffic under Omani control—and sent it to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei for final sign-off, potentially reopening a waterway closed since the February war.
On 7 Aug 2026, five weeks after the Supreme Court’s 6-3 rejection of his first order, President Donald Trump issued two narrower executive orders that bar so-called “birth tourism” and deny automatic citizenship to children of selected foreign nationals.
On 5-6 Aug 2026 Tehran and Muscat finalised the coordinates of a two-way shipping lane through the Strait of Hormuz that will run for 60 days, placing inbound traffic under Iranian oversight and waiving tolls for now.
On 5 Aug 2026, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Israel will not pull the IDF out of Gaza until Hamas is “completely disarmed,” effectively withholding Israel’s signature from President Trump’s freshly announced 15-/20-point Gaza settlement blueprint.
Between 28 July and 4 Aug 2026 Tehran told Oman the Strait of Hormuz will stay shut unless one inbound lane is placed entirely under Iranian control, prompting President Trump on 3 Aug to brand impending negotiations the regime’s “last chance” before heavier U.S. strikes—talks that Iran publicly denies.
On 5 Aug 2026 Omani- and Qatari-led diplomats completed a reopening blueprint for the Strait of Hormuz that Washington claims could be signed within 48 hours, while Tehran publicly denies any US role and insists talks are strictly bilateral with Oman.
On 5 Aug 2026 Russia hurled 28 missiles and 115 drones at Kyiv, killing 17, while Ukraine admitted it failed to down a single missile—its first total miss since 2024—highlighting a 67 % drop in Patriot interceptor deliveries this year.
On 5 Aug 2026 mediators in Oman completed a draft plan that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz by splitting ship lanes—Iran controlling inbound traffic, Oman outbound—prompting Washington to predict a signed agreement within 48 hours even while Tehran publicly denies any talks with the U.S.
In the early hours of 1 Aug 2026, Russia saturated Kyiv with 27 ballistic and 8 cruise missiles plus swarms of 185 drones, killing at least nine people while Ukraine’s air defences downed only one missile for lack of Patriot interceptors.
Leaked internal data show that after five months of Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. Army has burned through almost every ATACMS and new-generation PrSM missile, forcing commanders to pause strikes and raising alarms about future crises.
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