CENTCOM, responding to Iranian reports that U.S. forces struck a wedding in Sirik and caused fatalities, said the U.S. military has never targeted civilians.

Russia's foreign minister Lavrov said Europe has been the principal source of humanity's troubles for more than 500 years, the origin of the two world wars and, he said, of the current situation.

On Sept. 3 China opened the China–Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Port Economic Cooperation Center in Tianjin. The center will focus on port clearance innovation, maritime facilitation cooperation and clustering of the port-and-shipping industry, aiming to boost customs efficiency and intelligent supervision for agri-food trade among SCO members. It will provide 24/7 policy advice, approval guidance, agent services and coordination for vessels serving SCO routes, and promote export of port infrastructure and operations-management technologies, supporting multiple projects to land in Tianjin Binhai New Area’s port-and-shipping industrial cluster.