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OilPrice.com reported that crude benchmarks slipped at the start of the week on expectations of additional Russian diesel supplies. Brent traded at $107.84 a barrel and WTI at $100.29. Continued disruption in the Strait of Hormuz kept prices elevated despite the decline.
The Gulf Cooperation Council condemned repeated Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia after its foreign ministers met in Manama, saying an attack on one member affects all six members under their joint-defence agreement. The bloc also called for tighter enforcement of the UN arms embargo on the Houthis and for countries to designate the group a terrorist organisation.
U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection in a Truth Social post, praising him as a partner in combating Iran. Netanyahu publicly thanked Trump for the support.
Iranian parliament approved Mehrdad Akhlaghi Ketabchi as defence minister, replacing Aziz Nasirzadeh, who was killed on the opening day of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, Al Jazeera reported. Akhlaghi had been serving in defence-sector roles focused on missiles, aerospace and military-industrial production.
Egypt’s National Defence Council, chaired by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, said Egypt was ready to provide all necessary and possible support to defend Saudi Arabia’s security, resources and territorial integrity. The presidency also said Cairo would intensify diplomatic efforts for de-escalation. The statement did not specify military deployments or assistance.
Saudi-led coalition spokesperson Major-General Turki al-Maliki said forces intercepted and destroyed four drones over Riyadh, the Eastern Province and southern Saudi Arabia during the preceding hours. He also released footage he described as interceptions and strikes on Houthi ballistic-missile launchers.
Palestinian medical and emergency workers reported at least six deaths in Israeli drone attacks across northern, central and southern Gaza on Saturday. Reported strike locations included Jabalia, Rafah, Gaza City and Deir el-Balah, despite the U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
Masked Israeli settlers attacked a visiting group that included Belgian, French and Polish diplomats and Catholic representatives in Taybeh in the occupied West Bank, Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said. A French mayor was assaulted and a Belgian vehicle damaged. Prevot said Belgium's team was safe and pledged to push for further EU sanctions.
The UAE agreed to resume payments to some Yemeni government forces fighting the Iran-aligned Houthis in southern Yemen, according to sources in Yemen cited by the Guardian. Saudi Arabia agreed in return to provide air cover. The arrangement follows the UAE's withdrawal from operations and suspension of funding in January.
Trump said the U.S. Navy's blockade had stopped all Iranian ships from crossing the Strait of Hormuz, according to Al Jazeera. The supplied report does not independently verify the claimed interception coverage.
Yemen’s information minister said two Houthi missiles landed near the runway at Aden International Airport, about 500 metres from an aircraft preparing to depart. He said passengers and crew were unharmed. The Houthis said they targeted Saudi forces’ command headquarters at Badr camp and a weapons depot in Aden province.
The U.S. Department of Energy issued a Friday request for proposals for an exchange of up to 17 million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, OilPrice.com reported. The offer is part of the U.S. commitment to make 172 million barrels available under the IEA’s emergency action.
Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said explosives seized from a minivan at Dahr el-Baydar belonged to Hezbollah and were intended for use against Israel. He demanded the return of the materials and release of two detainees.
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said QatarEnergy and TotalEnergies agreed to jointly develop a solar-power plant in Lebanon. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Qatar would fund and implement the initial project without cost to the Lebanese state.
Iran's navy said its surveillance teams identified an oil tanker on fire east of the Strait of Hormuz in an area it described as prohibited. The navy alleged that the vessel had switched off its tracking systems. It did not identify the tanker or explain how the fire started; the report does not establish that Iran attacked it.
Iranian army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said Friday that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen if the United States left the Middle East. In a post on X, he proposed collective security involving regional countries and threatened that Iran would expel the U.S. if it did not leave.
OilPrice.com reported Brent crude trading at $105.48 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate at $97.40 on Friday. Both benchmarks were below their highs earlier in the week but above the previous Friday's levels, as disruption to Hormuz shipping supported prices.
Saudi Arabia has cancelled or postponed several major sporting events amid repeated Houthi attacks on the kingdom's airports and infrastructure, France 24 reported.
The International Energy Agency will make more than 20 million barrels of diesel available as soon as possible and accelerate remaining deliveries from its emergency oil release, OilPrice.com reported. The outlet said the total coordinated release is now expected to exceed 400 million barrels.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that commercial crude inventories fell by 8.6 million barrels in the week ending October 9, leaving stocks at 415.6 million barrels, according to OilPrice.com's account of the release.
U.S. officials told CNN and Al Jazeera that the military has developed options to use GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bombs against Iranian energy infrastructure and nuclear sites if President Donald Trump orders renewed combat operations.
Yemen Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani told the BBC that five Houthi ballistic missiles struck al-Maashiq Palace in Aden. He said two security personnel were killed and others injured, while the prime minister and other ministers were unharmed.
Saudi Arabia said it intercepted a missile targeting the region around Medina. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree denied that Houthi forces had conducted an operation against Saudi territory on Thursday.
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned at a joint event with the World Bank in Thailand that Houthi strikes on Saudi infrastructure could affect the global economy. She said the near closure of Hormuz and disruptions in the Red Sea had sharply curtailed oil and gas exports, while damage to energy facilities had reduced production capacity. She also said Saudi Arabia remained resilient because of its economic diversification.
G20 finance ministers and central bank governors gathered in Bangkok on Thursday as the U.S.-Israel war on Iran drives energy prices higher and complicates the global economic outlook. The meetings coincide with the IMF and World Bank annual meetings.
OilPrice.com reported that crude prices retreated as President Donald Trump considered lifting sanctions on tankers transporting oil and fuels from Venezuela, Russia and Iran to ease a tanker shortage. Brent traded at $104.39 a barrel and WTI at $94.02 at the time of the report. The article did not report a sanctions decision.
President Donald Trump said Taiwan would buy $70 billion to $80 billion of Alaska LNG over 20 years, covering 30% of the planned project’s output, and invest $4.4 billion. Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs confirmed plans to purchase about 6 million tonnes annually and invest up to $4.4 billion, OilPrice.com reported.
The Antigua and Barbuda-flagged container ship Cape Dao sank near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the Guardian reported. The vessel had been hit by a projectile on September 23, according to International Maritime Organization data cited by the newspaper.
UN Under-Secretary-General Jorge Moreira da Silva said Iran and the United States need to agree within weeks on a UN-backed arrangement to move fertiliser through the Strait of Hormuz. The proposal would create a UN-staffed coordination centre in Oman to register vessels and oversee safe passage.
Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority said the Singapore-flagged GFS Pride sank after an unknown projectile strike caused a fire; all 21 crew were evacuated safely. It also said GFS Giselle sustained hull damage after a projectile strike but reached safe anchorage with all 22 crew.
Wood Mackenzie said disrupted Middle East LNG supply and higher spot prices have reduced South Asian gas demand by about 6 million tonnes this year, including declines of about 1.5 million tonnes each in India and Pakistan and 3 million tonnes in Bangladesh.
Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said coalition forces intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia toward Riyadh. Residents reported hearing explosions in the Saudi capital.
OilPrice.com reported Brent crude trading at $106.37 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate at $94.72 as oil prices rose. The outlet attributed the move partly to Iranian officials telling Reuters that Iranian forces planned to intensify strikes on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz using new tactics.
Al Jazeera reported that an attack hit a Saudi Aramco building in Dhahran following Saudi-led coalition strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen. The supplied report does not establish damage to oil production or export infrastructure.
Record freight rates have left heavy crude in Canada, Colombia and Ecuador unable to reach Asian and European buyers, OilPrice.com reported. The outlet said shipping costs have reached about $40 per barrel and that regional heavy-crude prices have fallen roughly $10 per barrel.
Middle East LNG exports remain more than 75% below their prewar level as only occasional cargoes pass through the Strait of Hormuz, OilPrice.com reported. Qatar, previously the world’s second-largest LNG producer, is barely moving carriers through the passage, according to the report.
OPEC forecasts global oil demand will grow by 2.6 million barrels per day in 2027, following projected growth of 200,000 bpd in 2026, OilPrice.com reported. The forecast includes inventory rebuilding after drawdowns during the Iran war.
The Saudi-led coalition said its forces destroyed three drones north of Riyadh on Tuesday, according to the BBC.
MI5 Director General Ken McCallum said Iran had made a major shift toward harder targets, including military sites, and said more than 50 Iran-linked arrests had been made in the UK over the past year. He cited the alleged plot against RAF Fairford as an example but withheld further details because of ongoing investigations.
Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree warned employees and civilians near Saudi oil facilities to evacuate, calling them legitimate targets, and said further strikes on Sanaa would bring a harsh response in Riyadh, Al Jazeera reported.
Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV said Saudi Arabia struck the Yemen Oil Company facility in Al-Sabaha, west of Sanaa, after the Saudi-led coalition warned civilians to evacuate the area. An AFP correspondent in Sanaa reported hearing an explosion.
France's embassy in Saudi Arabia advised French nationals not to travel to or transit through the airports in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam and said travel to those cities was not advised unless necessary.
Forces aligned with Yemen's internationally recognised government said they carried out nine air strikes on Houthi positions and military equipment in Taiz governorate: five in Dhubab district and four in al-Masrakh district. The Taiz Military Axis Media Center said fighting continued in al-Shaqab.
Japan's government approved three bills intended to diversify crude supply and provide grants covering higher shipping costs for oil importers procuring alternative supplies after disruption to Strait of Hormuz routes. The bills will be sent to parliament for debate.
Israeli forces searched offices of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association in Ramallah. Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported equipment confiscations at Addameer and stun grenades fired at journalists. Wafa reported Israeli snipers around entrances to the Palestine Medical Complex, whose courtyard was also raided.
France 24 reported that several international airlines extended flight cancellations through October 19 following deadly Houthi attacks. Delta also postponed its first direct U.S. flights to Saudi Arabia until March 2027.
The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted one Houthi ballistic missile launched toward Riyadh and two toward Khamis Mushait. The Houthis said they targeted Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport and sent a drone toward a military airbase near Khamis Mushait.
A Houthi official said the United States would face a swift, painful response if it entered the Yemen war, after reports that Saudi Arabia had requested U.S. help against the group.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham told parliament that the UK assesses the incident near RAF Fairford was highly likely coordinated in Iran and almost certainly directed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He said the UK would impose further sanctions on Tehran and the IRGC.
OilPrice.com reported Brent crude at $106.80 a barrel, up $2.09, and West Texas Intermediate at $93.78, up $1.93, as traders priced supply risks after attacks in Saudi Arabia and near the Strait of Hormuz.
Pakistani Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik said Pakistan has encouraged its refiners to explore importing Libyan crude as Middle East disruption affects oil flows. He discussed oil and gas cooperation with Libya's oil and gas minister at an energy event in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia's military spokesperson said additional missile and drone threats had been detected as authorities kept Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport closed for safety checks after Houthi attacks.
Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority extended the suspension of operations at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh after the recent Houthi attacks. The authority did not say when flights would resume.
Japanese trade minister Ryosei Akazawa urged Asian countries to increase strategic oil stockpiles and strengthen cooperation with Middle Eastern producers, citing supply-security concerns. He said Japan would seek to act as a bridge between producers and Asian importers.
The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia told U.S. citizens to exercise extreme caution when using all major Saudi airports, citing additional attacks on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and a targeted attack on Dammam's King Fahd International Airport on October 11.
The daily rate to charter a very large crude carrier from the U.S. Gulf Coast to China eased to $634,974, after exceeding $637,000 on October 8, according to Baltic Exchange data cited in reporting. The report linked elevated freight costs to Middle East disruptions and ship-to-ship transfers used to route oil around the Strait of Hormuz.