KUWAIT -- Central Bank of Kuwait: Fitch affirms Kuwait's long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating at "AA-" with a stable outlook.
CAIRO -- Comorian President Azali Assoumani is slightly injured in a knife attack while attending a funeral.
BEIRUT -- An Israeli occupation air attack on a town in southeast Lebanon kills one person and injures seven others.
WASHINGTON -- The US Central Command forces launch air raid on eastern Syria, killing a member of the so-called Islamic State.
WASHINGTON -- US Central Command: A joint raid with the Iraqi security forces killed 14 IS operatives in western Iraq on 29 August.
NEW DELHI -- Two Indian soldiers are killed and two others injured in an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir state. (end) gb