据半岛电视台：航运数据追踪平台TankerTrackers表示，载有700万桶石油的油轮和天然气运输船正准备在美国的护航下穿越霍尔木兹海峡。

France completed repatriation of all official gold reserves to domestic custody earlier this year, fully clearing holdings kept in the US. Paris School of Economics professor Eric Monnet said the move standardized reserve quality and specs, generated financial returns that helped offset inflationary pressures from the Russia-Ukraine war, and highlighted sovereignty and asset-security concerns amid geopolitical shifts. Governments across Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East are reassessing overseas custodial risk, and rising geopolitical and market uncertainty is prompting a new round of global gold reserve reallocations.

The U.S. military said on Sept. 4 it has shot down more than 300 drones operated by drug-trafficking groups along the U.S.-Mexico border this year. U.S. Northern Command said forces used kinetic and non-kinetic systems to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection, with more than 100 drones downed in August. The Army began using a Multi‑Mission High‑Energy Laser system in border operations on Aug. 24 and had used it to destroy 11 cartel drones as of Sept. 4.