• Saudi Arabia, security: the Coalition to Support Legitimacy announced today the interception and destruction of a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi group towards the southern region, and the official spokesman, Major General Turki al-Malki, said the air defence intercepted and destroyed it, while the Civil Defence announced the danger had passed in Khamis Mushait, Abha, Taif and Najran after early warnings — and the safety of the southern cities matters to thousands of Sudanese workers and residents in the Kingdom and their daily movement. (Source: Saudi Press Agency — SPA, and Reuters) • Saudi Arabia, diplomatically and defensively: Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman held two phone calls today with Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and Korean Minister of National Defence Kang Shin-chul, in which they discussed enhancing defence cooperation and regional developments and condemned the Houthi attacks on the Kingdom — and the stability of the Kingdom is a condition for the stability of the work and residence of the largest Sudanese community in the Gulf. (Source: Saudi Press Agency — SPA) • Qatar: the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, discussed by phone today with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty enhancing cooperation, the latest regional developments and joint coordination to reduce escalation, affirming Qatar's support for every diplomatic effort that guarantees freedom of maritime navigation and paves the way for a comprehensive agreement achieving sustainable peace — and freedom of navigation touches Sudan's trade and the travel of Sudanese across the Red Sea and the Gulf. (Source: Qatar News Agency — QNA) • Hormuz and mediation: Iran said today that it has a revised plan that can be implemented within two days to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear talks with Washington through mediators, a conditional proposal whose acceptance Washington has not yet announced, while Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei affirmed the continuation of negotiation through mediators — and any actual reopening of the strait would be reflected in energy, shipping and food prices in Sudan and the livelihood of Sudanese in the Gulf. (Source: Associated Press) • Oman: China and the Sultanate of Oman called, in a joint statement today at the conclusion of a state visit by Sultan Haitham bin Tariq to Beijing on 1 and 2 November, on Washington and Tehran to return to the Islamabad memorandum of understanding and resume dialogue, and stressed restoring safe freedom of navigation in Hormuz, and the visit witnessed the signing of an agreement and 14 memoranda of understanding in currencies, artificial intelligence, navigation, the digital economy, space and green development — and calming Hormuz and the stability of Gulf-Asian trade matter to traders and Sudanese working in the Sultanate. (Sources: Oman News Agency, and Xinhua) • The UAE: the ADIPEC 2026 exhibition and conference launched in Abu Dhabi today, from 2 to 5 November, and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed, witnessed the signing of four agreements with OpenAI, including a partnership of ADNOC and G42 with the American company to make ADNOC the first energy company in the world to employ its advanced technologies across its operations — and the expansion of energy and technology in the UAE opens professional opportunities followed by Sudanese working in the energy and technology sectors there. (Source: Emirates News Agency — WAM, and Reuters) • Bahrain: Bahrain granted the golden licence to four major investment projects with a total value of 3.89 billion dollars, announced on the sidelines of the Gateway Gulf Forum 2026 with the participation of more than 200 ministers, officials, chief executives and investors, and they include aviation logistics, real estate and technology in support of economic diversification — and projects of this size mean jobs and demand for competencies that matter to Sudanese residents and workers in Bahrain. (Source: Bahrain News Agency — BNA) • Kuwait: Boursa Kuwait closed its trading today with its general index down 39.17 points, by 0.47 per cent, to reach 8346.97 points, after trading of 311.6 million shares through 19512 transactions worth 79 million dinars — and Sudanese working in Kuwait follow market movement for its connection to jobs, savings and remittances to Sudan. (Source: Kuwait News Agency — KUNA) • Oil and markets: oil prices fell by more than 3 per cent in early Asian trading today, with Brent down 3.2 per cent to 109.75 dollars per barrel and West Texas Intermediate to 100.69 dollars, and the official price of Oman oil reached 105.64 dollars, down 9.05 dollars, while Gulf markets were mixed in early trading, with the Saudi index up 0.6 per cent and the Qatari up 2.2 per cent and Abu Dhabi down 0.1 per cent and Dubai down 0.3 per cent — and the volatility of oil and markets determines the cost of fuel and food and the value of remittances of Sudanese in the Gulf. (Sources: Qatar News Agency — QNA, and Reuters)
— Editorial Team
