Lufthansa Group said its carriers will suspend flights to Riyadh through Oct. 16, inclusive.

Defense Secretary Hegseth boarded the USS Abraham Lincoln on Wednesday to present the strike group with the Presidential Unit Citation after it returned to San Diego following a deployment of more than 10 months. Pentagon data show the strike group flew 3,693 combat sorties, expended about 1.37 million pounds of ordnance, launched 450 Tomahawk cruise missiles, shot down 77 one‑way attack drones, sank 64 Iranian vessels and destroyed 21 anti-ship cruise missiles. U.S. Navy officials and earlier reports said the deployment strained personnel, supplies and mental health; Navy officials previously said eight sailors attempted suicide during the tour.

The National Energy Administration said it directed local authorities to refine charging-assurance plans and use information platforms for monitoring and emergency dispatch to meet large-scale National Day travel demand. Monitoring-platform data covering 62,700 highway charging connectors show Oct 1-7 charging sessions totaled 6.711 million, energy delivered 163 million kWh, and a daily average of 23.2566 million kWh, up 51.42% YoY.