Qatar's foreign ministry said its delegation, during a visit to Iran, stressed the central role of dialogue. A ministry spokesman warned that failure to resolve the Strait of Hormuz crisis would lead to escalation and harm all parties' interests. Qatar said it will continue contacts with Iran and the US to push for resumption of talks.

At 10:00 on Sept. 1, 2026, China's Xinghe Power Aerospace launched its domestically developed medium-to-large reusable liquid-fueled rocket Zhishenxing-1 from the Jiuquan Dongfeng commercial space innovation test area; the vehicle reached its planned orbit. Zhishenxing-1 has a LEO single-launch payload capacity of 5–7t for constellation deployments and is designed for a minimum of 25 reuses.

Hakainde Hichilema was formally sworn in as Zambia's president, beginning a second term.