• Saudi Arabia: the Saudi Press Agency reported, citing Civil Defence, that a citizen sustained minor injuries and material damage was caused to a home and a vehicle in Riyadh on Thursday evening by shrapnel from two ballistic missiles that were intercepted and destroyed, and the Coalition said today, Friday, that it had intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile heading towards the Western Region and a drone in the Makkah Al-Mukarramah Region — developments followed by Sudanese residing and working in the Kingdom because of their direct connection to their security, movement and work. (Source: Saudi Press Agency — SPA) • Saudi Arabia, diplomatically and on defence: Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived today in Atlanta to participate in the G20 foreign ministers' meeting to discuss geopolitical developments and the security of navigation and energy and food security, while Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman discussed by phone with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the defence ministers of Canada, Germany and Spain defence cooperation and developments in the region and condemnation of the Houthi attacks — and the stability of the Kingdom and the region is a condition for the stability of Sudanese people's work and lives there. (Source: Saudi Press Agency — SPA) • Arab position: the General Secretariat of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers, in a statement from its headquarters in Tunis today broadcast by SPA, expressed its strict condemnation of the Houthi attempts to target Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Riyadh and the Western Region with missiles and drones, affirming the need to hold their perpetrators accountable — and the position matters to Sudanese in the Gulf because it relates to the security of the places where they live and work. (Source: Saudi Press Agency — SPA) • Qatar and mediation: Qatari mediators returned to Tehran today, Friday, as part of coordinated efforts to reach an agreement between the United States and Iran, according to an official familiar with the talks who spoke to Reuters, following contact by US Vice President J.D. Vance with Tehran regarding medical supplies and the resumption of peace talks — and the success of de-escalation is reflected in Red Sea security, shipping, and energy and food prices that affect Sudan and Sudanese in the Gulf. (Source: Reuters) • The UAE, regulatorily: the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates today imposed a financial penalty of 200 million dirhams on a branch of a foreign bank licensed in the country, after inspections revealed repeated and grave failures in combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism and in governance and compliance, with a fine of 500 thousand dirhams on the chief executive and 300 thousand dirhams on the head of the compliance department and obliging the bank to a corrective programme subject to independent verification — and tighter banking supervision affects Sudanese working in the UAE and their remittances and banking transactions. (Source: Emirates News Agency — WAM) • The UAE, economically: the Ajman Department of Land and Real Estate Regulation recorded 738 real estate valuation transactions in the third quarter of 2026 worth more than 3.31 billion dirhams, including 414 transactions for golden residence valuations for investors worth more than 981 million dirhams — and real estate and residence activity matters to Sudanese residents, investors and workers in the sector in the UAE. (Source: Emirates News Agency — WAM) • Oil and Hormuz: oil prices rose today, Friday, heading for gains for the fourth consecutive month, with Brent contracts for December delivery up 2.74 dollars, or 2.4%, to 117.62 dollars per barrel and West Texas Intermediate up 2.18 dollars to 104.18 dollars, after an attack with limpet mines on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz reported by the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, while ExxonMobil and Chevron cancelled the travel plans of their officials to the ADIPEC exhibition in Abu Dhabi next week over security concerns — and rising energy and shipping costs put pressure on the cost of living and imports in Sudan and on the families of Sudanese in the Gulf. (Source: Reuters) • Gulf markets and OPEC+: UAE shares fell today, Friday, under pressure from weak results and regional tensions, with the Dubai index down 0.8% and Abu Dhabi 0.1%, while sources told Reuters that core OPEC+ producers, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman, are likely to keep December production targets unchanged at Sunday's meeting — and market and oil movements affect jobs, businesses and the value of Sudanese remittances in the Gulf to their families. (Source: Reuters) • Kuwait: the State of Kuwait participated in the 2026 Annual Autumn Economic Forum in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, which was held from 26 to 29 October with the participation of more than 1,500 delegates from 60 countries, with Kuwait represented by its ambassador in Hanoi, Yousef Al-Sabbagh, commissioned by the Prime Minister to discuss economic cooperation and investment opportunities — and the diversification of Kuwait's economic partnerships opens a wider context for job and trade opportunities followed by Sudanese residing there. (Source: Kuwait News Agency — KUNA)
— Editorial Team
