French Ambassador: Australia made a major diplomatic mistake by canceling French submarine contract

Al-Mayadin reported that the second convoy of Iranian fuel tankers arrived in Lebanon from Syria on Saturday. The first group of trucks arrived in Lebanon on Thursday. Prime Minister Najib Mikati called the move a "violation of Lebanese sovereignty."

In an interview with Bloomberg, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the United States and China, while at odds over issues such as human rights and the South China Sea, need to share a common vision on issues such as climate change, trade and technology.

"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.