Dubai, Abu Dhabi highlights: Qatar says attacks will disrupt 17% of LNG export; 3 drones intercepted in Saudi Arabia

Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: India potentially triple threat amid the ongoing crisis in West Asia, according to a report by ASK Wealth Advisors, cited by ANI. The threats include:

• Rising energy costs
• Declining remittance inflows
• Reverse labour migration

Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: In a big warning to Iran, following intensified strike son oil facilities, Saudi Arabia has said it reserves the right to respond as foreign minister slammed Tehran for overnight attacks. “What little trust there was before has completely been shattered,” Prince Faisal bin Farhan said after a meeting between foreign ministers of the Gulf Arab states and others over the Iranian attacks tearing at the wider Middle East.

“The attacks on my country and on my neighboring countries that are not involved in this conflict — that’s all I’m interested in,” Prince Faisal said. “We’re going to use every lever we have — political, economic, diplomatic and otherwise — to get these attacks to stop."

Dubai news LIVE: Several schools and universities in the UAE have decided to take online classes in view of volatile situation in the region created by Iran-US war. Online classes will continue for two weeks after the spring break for the safety of students, the Khaleej Times reported.

Dubai news LIVE: Dubai media office said on X on Thursday that Eid al-Fitr prayers will be held in Dubai's mosques at 6:40 AM, with full preparedness across more than 900 mosques, in coordination with the Dubai Resilience Center.

The "Muezzin of the Neighborhood" initiative also continues, raising the Eid takbirs and performing the call to prayer inside the mosques, Dubai media office said.

Eid al-fitr 2026 LIVE: Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations will celebrate Eid al-fitr on Friday as the Shawwal crescent, that marks the end of Holy month of Ramzan, was not spotted on Wednesday. The Eid this year comes at a time when the entire region is reeling under a war-situation that started after Israel and US launched strikes against Tehran on February 28.

Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: The blockade of the main shipping routes, the Strait of Hormuz, into the Gulf is leading to a rise in prices of certain food items, AFP reported. The price of meat in particular has almost doubled, the report said, quoting a resident. Like most of its neighbours in this arid region, the small Gulf monarchy depends heavily on imports, especially for its food supply.

Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: Authorities in the UAE have issued a fresh mobile alert reassuring residents that the situation in the country is currently safe, following earlier warnings about potential missile threats, Gulf News reported.

Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: Mobile phone alerts sounded Thursday morning in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, warning of incoming Iranian missile fire.

Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: In view of the raging war in the Middle East, Cathay airlines said it has suspended Dubai flights until April 30.

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Middle East conflict LIVE: President Donald Trump said that the US knew nothing about Israel's attack on Iran gas facility in South Pars.

Middle East conflict LIVE: As the tensions in the Middle East flared after Israel attacked South Pars gas field and Tehran retaliated with attacks on energy facilities in the neighbouring Gulf nations, Saudi said Tehran must ‘recalculate’ its strategy.

"This pressure from Iran will backfire politically and morally and certainly we reserve the right to take military actions if deemed necessary," Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan told a news conference after a meeting of top diplomats from the region met in Riyadh.

Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: Brent crude oil soared more than five percent Thursday on fresh worries about energy supplies from the Middle East after Iran threatened to hit Gulf facilities in retaliation to an attack on one of its key gas fields. The contract jumped 5.1 percent to $112.84, while West Texas Intermediate was up 2.5 percent at $98.69 in Asian trade.

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Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: US President Donald Trump pledged Israel would not carry out attacks on Iran’s major South Pars gas field, but if Iran attacked Qatar again the US would retaliate and “massively blow up the entirety” of the field. Trump made his threat on social media Wednesday night as the war roiled global energy markets and Iranian missiles hit Qatar.

Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: Terming Iran's attack on energy facilities in the neighbouring Gulf nations as ‘brutal’ Qatar on Thursday said it has crossed all ‘red lines’ by targeting civilians, civilian objects, and vital facilities. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirms that Iran's brutal attacks on countries in the region have crossed all red lines by targeting civilians, civilian objects, and vital facilities, stressing the need to spare the region the consequences of these unjustified attacks and to work towards de-escalation to restore regional and international security and stability,” Qatar's foreign ministry said in a statement on X.

Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: The authorities in the UAE clarified that it has not introduced any law that prevents foreign investors from withdrawing their capital and leaving Dubai. “The UAE’s economy is strong, and Dubai will continue to remain a global economic hub,” it said in a post on X.

Eid-al fitr 2026 news live: As the Shawwal crescent was not spotted in the Gulf region on Wednesday and Eid being declared on Friday, UAE residents said they felt that another day of the holy month of Ramzan was a blessing and a final opportunity to reflect, the Khaleej Times reported. Some people also said they were using the final night of the holy month to pray for ‘peace and safety in the UAE’ as the region continues to be on the edge amid Iran-US war.

Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: Iranian state media said on Wednesday that Israel had attacked Iran’s South Pars natural gas field — part of the world’s largest such gas resource and a pillar of the country’s energy supplies. Iran condemned the strike with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warning of “uncontrollable consequences" that "could engulf the entire world.”

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Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has slammed Iran after overnight attacks. “What little trust there was before has completely been shattered,” Prince Faisal bin Farhan was quoted as saying by AP. He said this after a meeting between foreign ministers of the Gulf Arab states and others over the Iranian attacks tearing at the wider Middle East. “The attacks on my country and on my neighboring countries that are not involved in this conflict — that’s all I’m interested in,” Prince Faisal said. “We’re going to use every lever we have — political, economic, diplomatic and otherwise — to get these attacks to stop." “I cannot see it as coincidental,” he said. “That’s the clearest signal of how Iran feels about diplomacy. … It tries to pressure its neighbors, and that’s not going to work.”

Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: The operations at the Habshan gas facilities in Abu Dhabi have been shut down following an incident caused by debris from recently intercepted missiles, the Abu Dhabi Media Office said. Authorities are also responding to incidents at the Bab oilfield and gas facilities, the office added. "Operations at the gas facilities have been suspended, and no injuries have been reported," the media office confirmed.

Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: The fresh wave of strikes launched by Iran targetting key energy sites in the Gulf region comes after its top security official Ali Larijani was killed in US-Israeli strikes.

Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: As the war rages on, Iran on Wednesday struck a major natural gas facility in Qatar. It also launched attacks targeting UAE's Habshan gas facility and Bab field, with UAE denouncing it as a “dangerous escalation”.

Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: A projectile hit a vessel off UAE, near the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, AFP reported citing UK maritime agency. The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said it had received a report at 2300 GMT on Wednesday "that a vessel has been hit by an unknown projectile which has resulted in a fire on board" off the UAE port of Khor Fakkan in the Gulf of Oman.

Abu Dhabi, Dubai news LIVE: The United Arab Emirates has called Iran's attacks targeting its Habshan gas facility and Bab field 'a dangerous escalation.'

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