Iranian forces fired on three merchant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz; a Qatari LNG carrier was set alight and other ships were damaged. According to five government officials and two IRGC members, President Pezeshkian angrily phoned IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi, who told him he had neither approved nor been notified of the action; the Supreme National Security Council likewise said it was not informed. Officials say a marginal hardline faction acted independently, and the covert operation derai

At the 2026 China Compute Power Conference in Langfang, Hebei (Sept. 11-13), China Telecom General Manager Liu Guoqing proposed three initiatives to support high‑quality development of the compute industry. First, deepen compute‑power coordination by integrating computing and the power sector across planning, construction and operation; jointly promote green‑power direct supply and source‑grid‑load‑storage models to enable efficient, diversified clean‑energy supply. Second, accelerate compute interconnectivity by cooperating on heterogeneous compute access, full‑area monitoring, cross‑region scheduling and compute‑network integration; co‑build a unified compute identification, metering and trading system to support efficient national compute dispatch and coordination. Third, lift domestic compute efficiency by aligning upstream and downstream industry chains to speed adaptation between domestic compute hardware and models, and develop full‑stack token production and distribution optimization to improve token output efficiency.

Lithuania's National Crisis Management Center says Vilnius Airport has been closed and NATO scrambled jets after suspected drones were detected in Lithuanian airspace.