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STRAIT OF HORMUZ

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi spoke with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian for 20 minutes in phone call on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2026
Takaichi opposes Hormuz fees in phone talks with Iran¡¯s president
The prime minister told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that it is important to ensure free and safe navigation without additional cost in the key waterway.
Vessels are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Khasab on Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2026
Iran takes more robust military stance amid frozen U.S. talks
The move is a sign that Tehran is preparing for a protracted era of regional conflict.
Ships anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2026
Trump reverts to economic squeeze of ¡®entrenched¡¯ Iranian regime
It marks a return to familiar playbook with Tehran: a steady increase in economic sanctions and a naval blockade to stifle oil exports.
An Iranian woman holds a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei as Shia Muslim devotees take part in a mourning procession marking Arbaeen in Tehran on Aug. 4.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2026
Iranian factions squabble over war aims as supreme leader maintains low profile
The absence from public life of Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has left a vacuum in which disputes between political factions have seeped into the open.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi meets with Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi in Tehran on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2026
Pakistan says deal is close even as Iran and U.S. harden stances
While Tehran and Oman may be nearing an agreement, it remains unclear how that would affect the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. President Donald Trump during an American mining industry roundtable at the State Department in Washington on Aug. 7.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2026
Trump makes sweeping new demands on Iran as deal hopes dim
The new demands from Trump, come after Tehran asked for compensation for the U.S. and Israeli war launched on Feb. 28.
University students march in a demonstration to show support for the Houthi movement amid escalating tensions with Saudi Arabia in Yemen's rebel-held capital, Sana'a, on July 22.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2026
Saudi Arabia can break the Houthis¡¯ grip on the Red Sea
It¡¯s the Saudis who have to take the lead and logistical support from their Red Sea bases will be the backbone of the effort to stop the Houthis.
Vessels are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Khasab on Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula, on May 17.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 10, 2026
Iran shakes up security team after saying Oman deal ¡®very close¡¯
Tehran has appointed Mohsen Rezaee, a hard-liner who previously advocated for advancing Iran¡¯s nuclear program, as the new leader of the Supreme National Security Council.
A man waves an Iranian flag before a political billboard at Valiasr Square in central Tehran on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 10, 2026
Iran ties Hormuz reopening to U.S. concessions on several demands
Iran and the U.S. are not engaged ?in direct talks, and Tehran will not start them as long as Washington breaches an interim deal signed in June, the Iranian side has said.
A satellite image shows smoke rising from an oil facility in Jazan province, Saudi Arabia, on July 26. On Sunday Iran-aligned Houthis claimed to have attacked Saudi Aramco's Jazan refinery, two days after the kingdom signed a defense pact with Turkey and Pakistan in response to growing regional instability from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
WORLD
Aug 10, 2026
Yemen¡¯s Houthis attack Saudi refinery after kingdom signs defense pact
The alliance with Sunni Muslim U.S. allies, Turkey and Pakistan, stipulates that an attack against one would ?be regarded as an attack on all.
A woman walks past a mural depicting Iran's late supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, at Valiasr Square in central Tehran on Saturday.
WORLD
Aug 9, 2026
Iran says deal on Strait of Hormuz is close but not enough to open waterway
Agreement between Iran and Oman over the strait, which separates the two countries, is seen as vital to a wider deal to end the war.
Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, which moved freely before the war, has become the key sticking point in the monthslong deadlock between the U.S. and Iran.
WORLD
Aug 7, 2026
Iran seeks to bar U.S. ships as Hormuz deal with Oman advances
The United States has insisted on free transit through the Strait of Hormuz and broadly called for a return to the prewar status quo.
Iranian-made Zolfaghar missiles are displayed at Azadi Square in Tehran on Sunday.
WORLD
Aug 6, 2026
Iran threatens to hit Gulf states if U.S. launches new strikes
Iran has warned that any new U.S. attack on its territory would trigger retaliation against critical energy infrastructure across the region.
A drone view shows vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on June 15.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 6, 2026
Proposed Hormuz deal would give Iran control of inbound traffic, sources say
Before the war, the strait was freely open to all ships with no fees.
Houthi activists stand on a platform against a banner depicting Houthi missiles, at an anti-Saudi rally amid an escalation with the kingdom, in Sanaa on July 31.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2026
Saudi Arabia tries diplomacy to stop Houthi attacks from growing
The kingdom has held talks with the Yemen-based Houthis via Omani mediators and is still preparing military options in case diplomacy fails, sources said.
An Iranian woman walks past an anti-U.S. billboard at Enghelab Square in central Tehran on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2026
U.S. eyes Hormuz deal ¡®today or tomorrow¡¯ as ship sinks in Red Sea
Tehran and Washington have been at war since February 28, when the U.S. and Israel launched surprise attacks on Iran.
A vessel is seen off the coast of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 4, 2026
Trapped by war, Bangladesh seafarer recounts Persian Gulf ordeal
For 115 days, Mohammad Shafiqul Islam was stranded on the high seas of the Gulf, watching missiles light up the night sky and rationing food and water for his crew.
A banner with a picture of U.S. President Donald Trump next to an Iranian missile system at Azadi Square in Tehran on July 30
WORLD / Politics
Aug 4, 2026
How Iran is widening its pressure campaign to force U.S. concessions
Tehran¡¯s goal is to convince the United States and its allies that containing the crisis is more costly than accommodating Iran¡¯s demands over the Strait of Hormuz.
Vendors prepare shoes for sale at a market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on April 24, 2019.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2026
Asia¡¯s energy-starved nations go dark as Hormuz tensions drag on
The cost of gasoline in parts of the region spiked after U.S. strikes on Iran in disrupted energy supplies.
A woman walks past a mural depicting a U.S. drone on a wall of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The U.S. cannot force a decisive victory over Iran because modern technology has eroded America's military dominance.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2026
A misdiagnosis of U.S. failings leaves Trump stuck in Iran
Iran has demonstrated already that, should Trump fulfill his threats to destroy the nation¡¯s infrastructure, it has the capacity to do the same to America¡¯s Gulf allies.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Japan¡¯s colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Japan¡¯s changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
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Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Japan¡¯s language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Japan¡¯s changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Japan¡¯s concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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