On Sept 13, Iranian President Pezeshkian posted on social media condemning US attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure, saying they have damaged food supplies and livelihoods. He asked, "If they still have any humanity, why deprive people of access to water, food and medicine?" and vowed the Iranian people would not yield and Iran will never surrender.

The Korea Exchange will extend trading into evening hours from Monday, opening almost all domestic stocks until 8:00pm local time versus the current 3:30pm close, as an initial step toward a target of 24-hour trading from December 2027. The move—unprecedented among major Asian bourses—aims to attract sustained global investor demand and will test whether longer hours can sustain liquidity and meet investor needs amid cooling interest in Korean equities. A senior investment manager at a London asset manager, Lee Young-jae, said longer trading windows give investors more flexibility and tend to improve market efficiency, and that trading-focused and hedge fund investors may use the hours more frequently. BofA's head of Korea equity sales, Edward Kim, called it another step in the evolution of Korea's capital markets and their accessibility to global investors.

Gaza's health ministry said many hospital generators have stopped operating due to shortages of oil, fuel and spare parts.