August 8, 2026 (Saturday)

Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr says that Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts sanctions against the country, ends the naval blockade, and halts military action against the country.

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company says that one of their vessels was attacked by a missile while transiting through the Strait of Hormuz during the early hours. No injuries were reported.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy reports that a 3-year old boy and his grandparents were killed by a drone strike from Russia in Kyiv.

Ukraine holds a funeral for former Ukrainian Platsdarm head Oleksiy Yukov at the St Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kyiv after he was killed by a landmine in Donetsk.

Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, which encompass the entirety of Okinawa Prefecture and parts of Kagoshima Prefecture. Additionally, China shuts down ports and ferry routes in preparation for the typhoon.

The National Interagency Fire Center reports that two people were killed yesterday in a Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane helicopter crash in Fishlake National Forest, Utah, U.S., while trying to battle the Widemouth 2 fire.

In Canada, British Columbia declares a state of emergency after 100 wildfires were reported across the province.

Satellite images show that the British-sanctioned oil tanker Caroline Bezengi, believed to be part of the Russian shadow fleet, which was carrying 1 million barrels of oil, is leaking oil and sinking further off the coast of Oman, after a explosion was reported on the vessel on June 8. The oil leaks have reportedly reached the shore of Al-Qibliyah Island.