Boeing (BA.N): commercial airplane backlog exceeds 6,200 aircraft, valued at $597 billion.

According to Al Arabiya TV, Iraq's prime minister has ordered an investigation into reports that Iraqi territory was used to launch drone strikes on Saudi Arabia.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian responded to reports the U.S. State Department plans to spend hundreds of millions to counter China’s influence in the Americas, Africa and Asia, saying bilateral ties should not be built to target third parties. Lin said China consistently opposes closed, exclusionary "small circles" and that its cooperation with relevant countries, especially developing nations, is not aimed at wooing or confronting others but at defending peace, promoting development, upholding international order and building a shared future.