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Jafra News reports on a digital data initiative in Jordan, describing it as strengthening data sovereignty and the knowledge economy.
أخبار جوجل – الأردن
Iran begins coding fuel cards in four border counties of South Khorasan to address fuel smuggling and distribution, while questions remain about access for residents and travelers.
IRNA
BBC Arabic examines Gulf petrochemicals, citing Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, market shifts, Chinese competition and environmental pressures.
BBC Arabic
The report examines the Gulf petrochemical industry’s exposure to disrupted Strait of Hormuz shipping, price changes, Chinese competition and environmental pressures.
BBC Arabic
Palestine Online reports that losses in Gaza’s fishing sector exceed $75 million and damage affects 90% of its assets.
أخبار جوجل – غزة
Press TV says Attiya Waris discusses why decades of US sanctions have not brought Iran under US control.
Press TV
Tasnim reports that Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref urges faster payment of €4.07 billion in outstanding says to essential-goods importers.
Tasnim · Mehr News
Iran's agriculture minister says the remaining payments to wheat farmers will be settled by Tuesday, after more than 90% was paid over the past month.
Mehr News
A Qasr-e Shirin customs official says goods worth $602.292 million transited through the Parviz Khan crossing during the first seven months of the Iranian year.
IRNA
An Iranian parliament energy committee member tells Tasnim household gas use is 2.5 times the global average and says efficiency measures can manage the gas imbalance.
Tasnim
A report says dozens of beaches in the United Arab Emirates are closed following an oil spill.
Google News – UAE · أخبار جوجل – الإمارات · Press TV +1
Arabian Business discusses how households in Saudi Arabia can reach a 10% savings rate.
أخبار جوجل – السعودية
A Reuters investigation reports an international network financing Iranian military procurement through the UAE, China, Russia and Germany.
أخبار جوجل – الإمارات
Al-Ghadeer TV reports that Iraq's parliamentary Finance Committee supports making contract workers permanent and seeks to add new job positions to the 2027 budget.
Al-Ghadeer TV
Kuwait's oil price rises by about $4 per barrel, Qatar News Agency reports.
أخبار جوجل – قطر
The US Treasury says Iran’s annual inflation rate reached 90% in September, compared with 35% in early 2025.
أخبار جوجل – إيران
A report says Iraq's 2027 budget raises planned oil exports to China to 175,000 barrels.
أخبار جوجل – العراق
An Open Magazine headline asks why oil tankers continue sailing through the Strait of Hormuz; the report provides no further details.
Google News – Red Sea Hormuz shipping
Closed meetings of Banque du Liban in Paris focus on the fate of deposits.
أخبار جوجل – لبنان
Tasnim reports Fitch links Israel's political deadlock to fiscal risks, while the Bank of Israel forecasts deficits of 4.4% of GDP in 2026 and 4.6% in 2027.
Tasnim
Lebanon and Qatar make progress in talks on an energy-sector proposal, according to LBCI Lebanon.
Google News – Qatar · Google News – Lebanon · أخبار جوجل – لبنان +2
Iraq's parliamentary oil committee says it does not accept raising the Kurdistan Region's budget share to 14%.
أخبار جوجل – العراق
BBC Arabic explains how the war in Yemen and attacks on shipping routes affect global trade, oil prices and food supplies amid competition between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
BBC Arabic
Mehr News says an Iranian circular regulating companies that both supply and distribute medical equipment aims to curb unnecessary price rises and strengthen distribution oversight.
Mehr News
The report links sanctions on Sudanese Islamists with US influence in Libya.
أخبار جوجل – ليبيا
Excavation and site preparation begin for 659 plots in the National Housing Movement project in Qasr-e Shirin, with completion projected in three months, IRNA reports.
IRNA
An Iranian electricity-industry spokesperson tells Tasnim that power plants’ liquid-fuel reserves are about 90% full and that gas and fuel deliveries are needed for winter.
Tasnim
Turkey's Ministry of Trade supports brands internationally, according to Yeni Turk Post.
أخبار جوجل – تركيا
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz estimates the cost of the Iran war for Europe at €100 billion; the report also says Abbas Araghchi made a statement, without giving details.
أخبار جوجل – إيران
Egypt's Ministry of Local Development targets establishing industrial complexes in 1,000 villages by 2030, following recommendations from the Egypt Forum 2026.
أخبار جوجل – مصر
Rosatom says Russia is in talks with four African countries, including Egypt, about large nuclear power plants.
أخبار جوجل – مصر
Iraqi politician Ibrahim al-Sakini says closing border crossings with Iran would disrupt goods and food supplies and raise agricultural prices, as the United States seeks to block Iranian produce imports.
IRNA
Al-Ghadeer TV reports that oil prices rose above $117 a barrel, their highest level in six months, after a tanker was targeted in the Strait of Hormuz.
Al-Ghadeer TV
Iran’s justice minister warns that ordinary transactions involving properties with green deeds may be invalid, while a new system requires builders to register unit details online for unique IDs.
IRNA
Foreign Policy says Gulf energy attacks weakened supplier reliability and renewed fighting could harm global markets; Kpler reports 24m+ barrels/day via Hormuz and alternatives in the week to Oct. 18.
IRNA
Iran's National Iranian Gas Company CEO Saeed Tavakoli says lowering ambient temperature by one degree on peak-demand days saves about 25 million cubic meters of gas daily.
Mehr News
Investing.com reports oil has reached a six-month high and says attacks in the Strait of Hormuz threaten Iran peace efforts.
Google News – Iran
Iranian lawmaker Mohammad Sargazi asks the Central Bank to establish an escrow account to implement the official transaction-registration law.
Mehr News
Bandar-e Anzali’s governor says customs clearance operates around the clock and essential-goods imports from Caspian littoral countries continue through Anzali and Caspian ports.
IRNA
Lawmaker Lahouti tells Tasnim the government should submit the 1406 budget bill to parliament in Azar and asks the supreme leader to direct institutions to provide funds.
Tasnim