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The energy ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo discussed reviving a proposed link between Pointe-Noire, Brazzaville, Kinshasa and Inga in Kinshasa on October 9. ACP reported their post-meeting communiqué.
Innovate UK has awarded £525,000 to the University of Glasgow-led Robotics Training Centre Scotland. The three-year centre aims to build robotics skills for businesses in manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare, logistics and energy infrastructure.
Jordan Post ranked among the top 10 of 192 countries in the UPU's 2026 postal digital development assessment and reported activity across all 10 digital dimensions.
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR said on October 9 that it scored 50 out of 100 in S&P Global’s 2026 Corporate Sustainability Assessment. The company said it outperformed 83% of assessed companies in the Oil & Gas Upstream & Integrated industry group.
A forum at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi held sessions on power resilience, low-carbon technologies and reducing oil and gas emissions.
The Economy Ministry said three strategy documents on formalising the informal economy were approved with amendments by consensus at a technical workshop in Kinshasa on October 8. ACP published its report on October 10.
QNA reported a Kuwait Petroleum Corporation price of $108.10 per barrel for Thursday, up $4.89 from the previous session.
Iraq presented its updated Nationally Determined Contribution on October 7, setting greenhouse-gas reduction targets for 2030 and 2035.
Iran’s South Pars Gas Complex restored 100 million cubic metres of lost production capacity through early-production and operational work at damaged refineries, the Petroleum Ministry’s Shana news agency reported on October 9. Managing director Gholam Abbas Hosseini said debris removal had been completed at the four affected refineries.
Qatar Chamber and the Federation of Saudi Chambers organized a two-day online course on electronic ATA Carnets with more than 70 Saudi authority trainees.
The Social Security Investment Fund reported assets of about JOD 20.1 billion at September 2026 quarter-end and comprehensive income of about JOD 1.37 billion for nine months.
In a survey by the University of Jordan's Center for Strategic Studies, 89% of Sanad app users said e-services saved them government-office visits, while 80% of service-center visitors praised transaction speed.
