The Pentagon says "Operation Epic Fury" ended on May 5, after an Air Force email last month told service members to stop using the name for ongoing Iran operations.

Vance is standing in after Karoline Leavitt left her role as White House press secretary at the end of August.

The Kuwaiti military said its air defenses confronted “hostile” attacks by Iran while Tehran accused the U.S. of bombing a wedding and called for an investigation.

Iran and the U.S. seem far from getting back to formal negotiations and their so-called memorandum of understanding, signed in mid-June, expired.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said shrapnel from a missile hit the ceremony and killed four people on Tuesday.

SINGAPORE, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Friday and are on track for the steepest weekly gain since mid-July as rising tensions and renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities heightened concerns over Middle East supply risks.

"The United States is increasingly overstretched between these two conflicts," a former U.S. intelligence official told Newsweek.

The bloc's endorsement came as the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors gathered in Asheville, North Carolina, earlier this week.