• Saudi Arabia, security: the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced today the interception and destruction of a drone in the Makkah Region, after the interception and destruction of two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi group towards the Najran Region and the fall of shrapnel as a result of the interception, with damage assessment under way, according to the Coalition's official spokesman, Major General Turki Al-Malki — and the security of Makkah, Najran and the regions of the Kingdom directly concerns the largest Sudanese community in the Gulf, which lives, works and performs Umrah there. (Source: Qatar News Agency — QNA) • Qatar and mediation: the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, received today a telephone call from US President Donald Trump, in which they reviewed the strategic relations between the two countries and the latest developments in the regional situation and the latest diplomatic efforts aimed at de-escalation, including the initiatives led by Qatar to bring viewpoints closer and support the negotiation path — and de-escalation in the region preserves the security of Sudanese residing in the Gulf states and the safety of Red Sea navigation, which connects Sudan to the world. (Source: Qatar News Agency — QNA) • The UAE, diplomatically: UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed today with British National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell, who is currently visiting the UAE, the overall regional developments and the situation in the Middle East and ways to strengthen efforts aimed at consolidating regional and international peace and security, in addition to bilateral relations between the two countries — and the stability of the UAE directly affects the residence and work of a large Sudanese community there and its remittances to its families in Sudan. (Source: Qatar News Agency — QNA) • Saudi Arabia, judiciary: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the Board of Grievances, won membership of the Administrative Court of the League of Arab States, obtaining the highest vote of 15 votes out of 22 in the elections approved by Arab foreign ministers for the next three years, and the Vice President of the Board of Grievances for Judicial Affairs, Sheikh Dr Abdulmohsen Al-Maayouf, was elected President of the Court by unanimous vote — and the development of Arab judicial and administrative cooperation is a file whose effects are followed by Sudanese residing and working in the Kingdom and the Gulf states who are subject to the labour and residence systems there. (Source: Saudi Press Agency — SPA) • Oil globally: oil prices rose today for the second consecutive day, as Brent crude futures for January delivery rose by 1.57 dollars, or 1.6 per cent, to 99.86 dollars per barrel, and US West Texas Intermediate crude rose by 1.10 dollars, or 1.22 per cent, to 91.62 dollars per barrel, although both crudes are heading to record sharp weekly losses of about 12 per cent for Brent and 12.1 per cent for West Texas amid expectations of receding geopolitical tensions — and the volatility of energy prices determines the cost of fuel and food and the value of the remittances of Sudanese in the Gulf to their families. (Source: Qatar News Agency — QNA / Saudi Press Agency — SPA) • Kuwait and Oman oil: the price of a barrel of Kuwaiti oil fell by 8.14 dollars to 86.21 dollars per barrel in yesterday's trading, Thursday, compared with 94.35 dollars in trading the day before yesterday, according to the price announced by the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, while the official price of Oman oil for delivery next January reached 94.58 dollars, up 1.52 dollars from yesterday's price, Thursday, of 93.06 dollars — and the movement of Kuwaiti and Omani oil prices is reflected in economies in which Sudanese work and in their incomes and remittances. (Source: Qatar News Agency — QNA) • The UAE, culture: the President of the Sharjah Department of Documentation, Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, opened the activities of the 16th edition of the Sharjah Stamps Exhibition, organised by the Emirates Philatelic Association at the Mega Mall Centre and continuing until 8 November, with the participation of exhibitors from 11 countries: the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, the Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan and Qatar — and Gulf cultural events are a space in which Sudanese residing in the UAE meet and follow the Arab cultural movement around them. (Source: Emirates News Agency — WAM)
— Editorial Team
