According to the Iranian news agency IRNA: Saudi Foreign Minister and U.S. Secretary of State Rubio met in Atlanta, USA, on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting to exchange views on the latest situation in the region and related issues.

According to the Financial Times, OpenAI has lowered its funding target by $10 billion as tech anxiety intensifies.

Alphabet (GOOG.O) is in talks with the Pentagon to join President Trump's $185 bln "Golden Dome" missile-defense program, focusing on data security, storage, networking and cybersecurity to harden military command-and-control data transmissions, sources said. Discussions are at an early stage; Alphabet's network unit Aalyria is participating in consortium preparations. The Pentagon said it has not made a final decision on forming a new consortium or on participating firms.

Apple (AAPL.O) closed Friday with a market value of $5.03 trillion, surpassing NVIDIA (NVDA.O) at $4.93 trillion to become the world’s largest listed company for the first time since late July. Apple shares fell 1.2% while NVIDIA dropped 4.2%. Recent results from Intel (INTC.O) and Amazon (AMZN.O) have heightened investor concern over returns on large AI capital expenditures; Alphabet (GOOG.O) and Meta Platforms (META.O) faced earlier selling. Apple’s relatively restrained infrastructure spending and stronger free cash flow have underpinned its resilience amid the tech sell-off. Year-to-date Apple is up about 27%; NVIDIA is down over 10% in the past month.

According to White House correspondent Fraser Jackson, a source said the $2.1 billion Patriot missile procurement agreement between Ukraine and the United States involves newly produced missiles, with deliveries expected to begin after 2030. Therefore, these 500 missiles will not come from existing U.S. stockpiles and are not currently in production.

Sources familiar with the matter revealed that the White House will nominate Mulfarig, the former head of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, to serve as a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission.