Pakistan's defence minister said any aggression against signatories of a joint defence agreement would trigger a collective response from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan.

U.S. forces struck targets near Kharg Island and the port city of Jask on Sept. 8, U.S. officials said. An anonymous senior U.S. official said the strikes included an Iranian oil tanker. Iranian reports said a tanker was struck by U.S. missiles about 4 miles from Kharg; local sources reported no casualties and said the crew were evacuating. Authorities are investigating the incident.

Meta Platforms (META.O) launched Muse, a personal AI agent for tasks such as scheduling, form‑filling and home camera monitoring. Muse is powered by Meta’s Muse Spark base models and is offered as a free tier plus $20/month and $100/month subscription plans. Meta AI head Alexander Wang said Muse runs in an isolated environment on Meta’s compute infrastructure, will not read actual passwords or payment data, and will request confirmation before performing sensitive actions; users may opt in to allow Meta to use interaction data for model training after removal of key personal identifiers. Meta said it is exploring commerce and in‑agent transaction monetization as it faces AI safety and privacy scrutiny and pressure on AI returns; CEO Mark Zuckerberg has framed personal AI agents as a future product and revenue priority.