Germany's finance minister said merely muddling from one crisis to the next is no longer sufficient and called for strengthening the country's capacity and resilience.

Iranian Foreign Ministry said Foreign Minister Araghchi briefed the OIC's newly appointed secretary-general on the regional situation following US and Israeli military action against Iran, urging Islamic states to take unified, responsible measures to safeguard Iranian sovereignty. Araghchi invited the OIC secretary-general to visit Tehran as soon as possible.

Supply-chain sources say Intel has been raising PC CPU prices over the past year and is tentatively planning a further 10% increase in early October. The move, despite a forecast modest decline in the PC market in 2027, signals a priority on boosting gross margins rather than sacrificing price for share. Suppliers warn that using low-margin thresholds to cull products could force some SKUs out of the market; any freed demand may create opportunities for Arm-based vendors such as MediaTek and Qualcomm, especially in industrial PC (IPC), edge computing and IoT where Arm SoCs offer higher integration and lower power consumption.