• Qatar: The Council of Ministers, at its meeting today at the Amiri Diwan, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, commended the efforts of the Amir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, to achieve progress in the US-Iranian negotiations and reach a comprehensive agreement that ends the crisis and achieves security and stability in the region, referring to the meeting of the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, in Washington on Monday with President Donald Trump and his Vice President JD Vance, and the Council also praised the signing by the Gulf Cooperation Council states last Sunday in Manama of the general agreement to link the Council states through the railway project, and Qatar achieving a position among the top three regionally in the Rule of Law Index 2026 in five main indicators — and de-escalation and linking the Gulf by land matter to the Sudanese community in Qatar and the Council states for the security of its residence, movement and remittances to its families. (Source: Qatar News Agency - QNA) • Saudi Arabia: The Council of Ministers, at its session chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, approved a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the railway sector between the Transport General Authority in the Kingdom and the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure in Turkey, while agreements in electricity and renewable energy were signed on the sidelines of "COP31" in Antalya drawing a framework for projects with a total capacity of five thousand megawatts — and Saudi transport and energy projects are connected to the jobs of Sudanese working in the two sectors and to the movement of trade and energy towards the Red Sea and Sudan. (Source: Saudi Press Agency - SPA) • Bahrain and Saudi Arabia: Bahraini Foreign Minister Dr Abdullatif Al Zayani affirmed that the fraternal visit paid by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to Saudi Arabia and his meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman embody fraternal solidarity, strategic partnership and unity of destiny, referring to advancing the implementation of the initiatives and projects emanating from the Bahraini-Saudi Coordination Council in the political, development and investment fields — and the stability of relations between the two kingdoms and the integration of their projects are reflected in the conditions of Sudanese residing and working in the two countries. (Sources: Bahrain News Agency - BNA, and Kuwait News Agency - KUNA) • The Emirates: The Crown Prince of Ras Al Khaimah, Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, today opened the third edition of the "Ras Al Khaimah Investment and Business Summit 2026", hosted by the Ras Al Khaimah Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 11 and 12 November with the participation of about 50 exhibiting and sponsoring entities and more than 50 speakers to discuss investment opportunities and economic growth prospects in the emirate and the country, while it witnessed the launch of a strategic partnership between the UAE Government and the Executive Council of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah to enhance government development and excellence and raise performance efficiency — and investment and work opportunities in the northern emirates are followed by the Sudanese community residing in the country and Sudanese business owners there. (Source: Emirates News Agency - WAM) • Kuwait: Minister of Justice Counselor Nasser Al-Sumait said the new Family Court draft law approved by the Council of Ministers allows the custodial parent to extract and renew the child's documents and enrol him in schools without a court ruling, and introduces a coercive fine to enforce visitation rulings, while Decision No. 21/112 of 2026 was published in the Official Gazette "Kuwait Al-Youm" revoking Kuwaiti nationality from 35 persons based on Article 11 of the Nationality Law — and facilitating the extraction of children's documents and their enrolment in schools directly concerns Sudanese families residing in Kuwait. (Sources: Kuwait News Agency - KUNA, and the Official Gazette "Kuwait Al-Youm") • Oman economy: The general budget of the Sultanate of Oman recorded a financial surplus of about 90 million rials by the end of the third quarter of 2026, with public revenues rising by 16 percent to reach 9 billion and 828 million rials, and public spending rising by 9 percent to reach about 9 billion and 738 million rials, and public debt falling by more than 600 million rials compared to the same period last year to reach about 14.1 billion rials, while the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources signed an agreement with Moka Seafood Products Company to implement a project for farming white-leg shrimp in the Bintout area in the Wilayat of Mahout in Al Wusta Governorate with an investment value exceeding 51 million rials and a production capacity of about 30 thousand tonnes annually — and the strength of public finances and food security in the Sultanate supports the stability of the jobs of Sudanese working there and their remittances to their families. (Source: Oman News Agency) • Oman climate: The Sultanate of Oman today participated in the World Leaders Summit for Climate Action, whose work began in Turkey within the thirty-first session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change "COP31" in Antalya, and opened its official pavilion under the slogan "Climate Economy", with a delegation headed by the Minister of Energy and Minerals, Eng. Salim bin Nasser Al Aufi, to showcase green transformation and clean energy projects — and climate and energy files in the Gulf are connected to food and water security in Sudan and to job opportunities for its people in new energy projects in the Council states. (Source: Oman News Agency) • Oil and shipping: Oil prices rose today, Wednesday, after falling to their lowest level in two months in the previous session, as Brent crude futures rose 71 cents by 0.78 percent to $92.20 per barrel, and West Texas Intermediate crude rose 49 cents by 0.57 percent to $86.53, while the market balanced between hopes of de-escalation in the war with Iran and fears of continued shipping attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, where 37 attacks on ships were recorded in October and 10 attacks so far in November — and the volatility of oil prices and the security of Hormuz determine the cost of fuel, food and shipping reaching Sudan via the Red Sea, and the value of the remittances of Sudanese working in the Gulf states. (Source: Reuters)
— Editorial Team
