Joey Hood, former director of the U.S. Iran Affairs Office, said GCC leaders meeting Trump at next Tuesday's UN General Assembly should present a unified stance to influence U.S. policy. Citing repeated Iranian attacks in Omani waters, Qatari territory and on Saudi oil pipelines, he proposed linking the Mecca agreement with an existing naval coalition to deploy a force to the Gulf and the northern Arabian Sea to monitor maritime traffic and deter threats; "this would not be a military operation,

Putin signed an order on Sept. 17 extending the Western agricultural import ban under Presidential Decree No. 560 (2014), moving the expiry from Jan. 1, 2027 to Dec. 31, 2028. The 2014 decree prohibits imports of certain agricultural products and food from countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia, including the United States, the EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. Moscow has repeatedly extended the ban and adjusted the list of covered countries and goods.

South Korea's Lee said at a Friday press conference that single-stock leveraged ETFs launched earlier this year had shortcomings; they were introduced as the equity rally was ending and a subsequent market reversal inflicted heavy losses on investors. He did not apologize or name who was responsible for the policy. The move had previously prompted strong investor backlash.