Updated on: Mar 08, 2026 7:39:05 AM IST
Dubai news live updates: Dubai airport, the world’s busiest for international traffic, suspended operations on March 7 before partially resuming services, after an air defence interception in the area during attacks from Iran.
Dubai news live updates: United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed warned the country’s “enemies” not to mistake its prosperity for weakness, in rare public remarks as Iranian strikes on the Gulf nation continue. Meanwhile, Kuwait’s military said fuel tanks at Kuwait’s international airport were targeted in a drone attack.
Dubai briefly shut its main airport on Saturday, the world’s busiest for international traffic, after authorities said an unidentified object was intercepted nearby.
Over the past week, Iranian attacks have struck Abu Dhabi airport, the upscale Palm Jumeirah development and the Burj Al Arab luxury hotel. Drone debris also sparked a fire at the US consulate in Dubai on Tuesday.
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Dubai briefly shut its main airport on Saturday, the world’s busiest for international traffic, after authorities said an unidentified object was intercepted nearby.
Over the past week, Iranian attacks have struck Abu Dhabi airport, the upscale Palm Jumeirah development and the Burj Al Arab luxury hotel. Drone debris also sparked a fire at the US consulate in Dubai on Tuesday.
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Mar 08, 2026 7:39:04 AM IST
Dubai Doha news live updates: Qatar, Saudi intercept Iranian missiles and drones
Dubai news live updates: Qatar’s defence ministry said Iran fired a dozen missiles at the country on Saturday as Tehran continued its strikes across the Gulf. It said six ballistic missiles were intercepted.
Two fell into the country’s territorial waters and two landed in an “uninhabited area.” The ministry also said two cruise missiles were intercepted.
Saudi Arabia said it stopped a drone attack aimed at the diplomatic quarter in Riyadh and reported no casualties or damage.
Mar 08, 2026 7:33:25 AM IST
Dubai Kuwait news live updates: Kuwait says international airport targeted
Dubai Kuwait news live updates: Kuwait’s defence ministry said on Sunday that fuel tanks at the Gulf nation’s international airport were targeted in a drone attack, as Iran continued its strikes across the region.
“The fuel tanks of Kuwait International Airport were attacked by drones in a direct targeting of vital infrastructure,” an official defence ministry spokesman said, according to a post by the Kuwaiti military on X.
The spokesman added the country’s forces were “responding to a wave of hostile drones” that penetrated the country’s airspace.
Mar 08, 2026 7:26:21 AM IST
Dubai news live updates: UAE President warns ‘enemies’
Dubai news live updates: United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed warned the country’s “enemies” not to mistake its prosperity for weakness, in rare public remarks as Iranian strikes on the Gulf nation continue.
“The UAE has thick skin and bitter flesh, we are no easy prey,” the president said during a visit to a hospital, where he met people wounded by an Iranian projectile. “The UAE is attractive, the UAE is beautiful, the UAE is a model. But I say to them: ‘Do not be misled by the UAE’s appearance.’”