UN Secretary-General: The United States and China must reach a common position on climate change and trade

"We apologize and try," Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement, noting that a drone strike in Kabul on August 29 killed 10 people, including seven children, instead of targeting ISIS operatives. "We can learn from this terrible mistake."

In a statement, the State Department praised France for killing ISIL leader Walid al-Sahrawi in sub-Saharan Africa, saying that ISIL was responsible for instability in parts of West Africa and that it had killed four American soldiers in Niger in 2017.

Former Algerian President Abdulaziz Bouteflika has died at the age of 84. He was president for 20 years from 1999 to 2019 and had the longest presidency in Algeria.

The US Food and Drug Administration has agreed to provide a third supplemental dose of Corona vaccine to people over 65 and people with pre-existing problems.

The Syrian Minister of Energy said that the gas transmission pipeline to the Deir Ali power plant in Damascus and other areas of Syria were cut off as a result of the attack. He said the Deir Ali power plant had been shut down due to a drop in gas pressure after the attack