Sources said Iraq's State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) has issued a tender to sell crude oil loading from the Basrah terminal in September.

The U.S. Navy is testing a new air-to-air missile reported capable of striking targets beyond 290 miles (465 km), exceeding the range of known comparable weapons. The AIM-424 Malice, developed by Raytheon, an RTX unit, is roughly the same dimensions as the AIM-120 AMRAAM, allowing carriage in F-35 and F-22 internal weapon bays. Peter Layton, former Royal Australian Air Force officer and visiting fellow at Griffith Asia Institute, said the range could enable strikes on high-value aircraft such as command-and-control planes or tankers, but the weapon may be more valuable for defending naval vessels.

中国地震台网自动测定：08月24日08时26分在四川宜宾市长宁县附近发生4.9级左右地震，最终结果以正式速报为准。