On Sept. 30 the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a special license extending authorization for Serbia’s oil company through Oct. 30, permitting the company and the country’s only active refinery, Pancevo, to continue operating.

Citigroup says that despite a temporary slowdown in industrial production in August—partly from labor strikes and summer holidays that briefly halted auto output—South Korea’s growth should exceed prior projections. Citigroup raised its 2026 GDP forecast by 0.1 percentage point to 3.8% and its 2027 forecast by 0.2 percentage point to 3.3%, citing an auto-sector rebound in September and broad manufacturing strength driven by a semiconductor upcycle. Citigroup expects chip-led expansion to underpin South Korea’s economy through 2028.

U.S. State Department says four U.S. passengers were on a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight that was forced to divert to Saudi Arabia after an attack occurred in the cockpit.