The French ambassador to Canberra said Australia had made a major diplomatic mistake by abandoning multibillion-dollar orders from French submarines for an alternative deal with the United States and Britain. He added that Australia's action was a very bad attitude towards a partnership that was supposed to be based on trust, mutual understanding and honesty.
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.