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The Wall Street Journal reports U.S. negotiators leveraged a promise of NVIDIA (NVDA.O) AI chips to help secure last year’s preliminary Armenia‑Azerbaijan peace accord. To encourage Armenia’s participation, the U.S. expanded procurement approval authority for chips tied to an Armenian data‑center project. U.S. officials call the move “chip diplomacy.” The report says the Trump administration previously used AI hardware in talks with the UAE and Saudi Arabia, but this is the first publicly reported instance of such leverage to clinch a peace agreement and it has reportedly deepened ties between the White House and NVIDIA.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said a US escort operation in the Strait of Hormuz was frustrated. Kpler ship-tracking data from late August shows LNG carrier Al Ghashmiyah, which had been using a US-backed 'southern corridor' route, cancelled plans to transit the Strait. Kpler recorded Al Ghashmiyah and four other vessels loaded at Qatar's Ras Laffan heading east toward the Strait; Al Ghashmiyah did not continue to Qatar and diverted to Fujairah, UAE.