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Shipping Traffic Via Strait of Hormuz Slips Below 10-day Average

FILE PHOTO: Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
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Shipping Traffic Via Strait of Hormuz Slips Below 10-day Average

FILE PHOTO: Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo

Seven commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, down from 17 a day earlier and below the 10-day average of 15, preliminary shipping data showed on Friday.

Among the seven vessels that transited were two medium-range tankers, one very large gas carrier (VLGC), one Ultramax vessel, one intermediate ‌tanker and ‌two chemical tankers, initial ‌data from ⁠shiptracker Kpler showed ⁠at 0315 GMT.

Four of the vessels were exiting the strait, including the two chemical tankers, the medium range and intermediate tanker. The VLGC, Ultramax and the other medium range tanker were entering the ⁠strait.

The figures could change as ‌some ships ‌typically switch off transponders during the voyage.

Iran war mediators ‌have placed renewed emphasis on ‌reopening the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran agreeing to draw up a list of conditions to restore normal traffic after a Qatari emissary pressed ‌the Iranians to respect freedom of navigation.

Earlier on Wednesday, a ⁠senior ⁠Iranian source said Iran and Oman were still working on details of an agreement on the waterway after Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the two countries had agreed on how to share control of the strait and its revenues.

Meanwhile, 17 commodity vessels transited through the Bab el-Mandeb, another major maritime chokepoint in the Middle East, with six vessels entering and 11 exiting.

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Typhoon Saudel Makes Landfalls on China’s Eastern Coast, Disrupts Travel

Residents look at the beach after the passage of Typhoon Saudel in Yuhuan, Zhejiang province, China, 28 August 2026. (EPA)
Residents look at the beach after the passage of Typhoon Saudel in Yuhuan, Zhejiang province, China, 28 August 2026. (EPA)
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Typhoon Saudel Makes Landfalls on China’s Eastern Coast, Disrupts Travel

Residents look at the beach after the passage of Typhoon Saudel in Yuhuan, Zhejiang province, China, 28 August 2026. (EPA)
Residents look at the beach after the passage of Typhoon Saudel in Yuhuan, Zhejiang province, China, 28 August 2026. (EPA)

Typhoon Saudel made two landfalls on China's eastern coast on Friday morning, as authorities evacuated people and halted trains and ferries.

The typhoon made landfall at the city of Taizhou around 8:05 a.m. (0005 GMT) and the city of ‌Wenzhou around ‌9:10 a.m. (0110 GMT), according to ‌state ⁠media, marking the ⁠third typhoon to strike the eastern province of Zhejiang this year.

Saudel is set to bring heavy rain to Zhejiang and Fujian, a province on the southeast ⁠coast, with possibilities of local torrential ‌downpours, state-run ‌Xinhua news agency reported.

As the typhoon ‌moves inland, it could drench ‌provincial-level regions including Hubei, Guangxi and Yunnan.

The Wenzhou government ordered the evacuation of more than 820,000 people, while Taizhou ‌authorities suspended eight passenger ferry routes and identified 52,000 people needing evacuation, ⁠state ⁠broadcaster CCTV reported.

Rail operator China Railway Shanghai Group temporarily suspended some services on several lines in Zhejiang from Thursday to Friday, according to CCTV.

Fujian launched an emergency response to the typhoon on Thursday, halting projects along the coast and closing 57 passenger ferry routes.

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Serbian War Criminal Mladic to Be Buried with ‘State Honors’, Says Minister

A memorial with the names of 1,601 children killed during the 1992-1995 siege of Sarajevo, following the death of Ratko Mladic, a former Serbian general convicted of genocide, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 27, 2026. (Reuters)
A memorial with the names of 1,601 children killed during the 1992-1995 siege of Sarajevo, following the death of Ratko Mladic, a former Serbian general convicted of genocide, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 27, 2026. (Reuters)
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Serbian War Criminal Mladic to Be Buried with ‘State Honors’, Says Minister

A memorial with the names of 1,601 children killed during the 1992-1995 siege of Sarajevo, following the death of Ratko Mladic, a former Serbian general convicted of genocide, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 27, 2026. (Reuters)
A memorial with the names of 1,601 children killed during the 1992-1995 siege of Sarajevo, following the death of Ratko Mladic, a former Serbian general convicted of genocide, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 27, 2026. (Reuters)

Serbia's justice minister Nenad Vujic said Friday that former Bosnian Serb military leader and convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic "will receive all the military and state honors to which he is entitled".

Mladic died on Thursday while serving a life sentence in The Hague for war crimes committed during the 1990s Bosnian war.

"It is certain that General Mladic will receive all the military and state honors to which he is entitled, as far as the state is concerned," Vujic told the K1 broadcaster.

Serbian officials were awaiting details on when authorities in The Hague would release the body, he said.

"We are ready to leave for The Hague as soon as we learn what the next steps are," the minister said.

Mladic, who had suffered several strokes in recent months, was serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war, including for his role in the Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst act of bloodshed since World War II.

His conviction for the wartime killings as the former Yugoslavia descended into carnage after the fall of communism led the international press to dub him the "Butcher of Bosnia".

The 1992-1995 war left around 100,000 people dead and 2.2 million displaced.

Mladic was the military face of a brutal trio, led on the political side by ex-Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic and former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic.

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Iran Warns Washington That Pressure ‘Doesn’t Work’

A pro-government demonstrator waves an Iranian flag during a gathering in a square in Tehran, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP)
A pro-government demonstrator waves an Iranian flag during a gathering in a square in Tehran, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP)
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Iran Warns Washington That Pressure ‘Doesn’t Work’

A pro-government demonstrator waves an Iranian flag during a gathering in a square in Tehran, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP)
A pro-government demonstrator waves an Iranian flag during a gathering in a square in Tehran, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP)

Iran warned the United States on Friday that "pressure doesn't work" against the Islamic republic, calling on Washington to honor its commitments, after six months of conflict between the sworn enemies.

The Middle East war started in late February with US-Israeli strikes against Iran, which retaliated with attacks mostly against Washington's regional allies and shuttered the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

An April ceasefire put an end to nearly 40 days of intense fighting, but sporadic attacks, mainly around the Strait, have dimmed the prospects for a final peace agreement.

"Putting diplomacy back on track isn't impossible. It hinges on US understanding of one simple fact: pressure doesn't work," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on X.

His statement came a day after he met Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who was visiting Tehran in an effort to revive the diplomatic track, which has been at a standstill for weeks.

Al Thani's visit comes at a time when the United States is increasing its economic pressure on Iran, which has already been under international sanctions for decades.

Tehran has been holding talks on the future of Hormuz with Oman for weeks, while insisting that the strait will remain closed as long as Washington has not fulfilled its commitments under the June memorandum of understanding, which calls for lifting the US counter-blockade of Iranian ports and removing sanctions.

"The US should build trust, speak respectfully, acknowledge our rights, and uphold commitments," Araghchi said.