Pakistan's foreign ministry said three countries affirmed Saudi Arabia's right to defend its security.

A Pakistani military source said on 24th that security forces killed several armed fighters from Afghanistan overnight in Gulistan district of Balochistan. The source said intermittent firefights were continuing and Pakistani forces would maintain high alert along the border, prepared to respond to any incursions. Afghan government spokesman Mujahid posted that Pakistan conducted early-morning airstrikes on three Afghan provinces on 24th, killing at least four people; the strikes hit Paktia, Khost and Kandahar, and Kabul said it would give an appropriate response to what it called barbaric aggression.

索马里邦特兰海事警察部队表示，8月遭索马里海盗劫持的美国制裁油轮“SIBU 1”号已获救。