Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: UAE says responding to missile threat; Saudi’s ‘biggest loser’ warning for Iran

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Smoke was seen around the Bapco oil refinery in Bahrain after the government earlier said injuries and damage were reported in the Sitra area following an Iranian drone attack, a witness told news agency Reuters.

Bahrain’s health ministry said Monday that an Iranian drone attack on the island of Sitra overnight wounded 32 civilians.

All of the wounded were Bahraini citizens and there were four “serious cases” including children, the ministry said in a statement carried by the Gulf nation’s state news agency.

Dubai news LIVE updates: The United Arab Emirates said that it was responding to a missile threat, the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) said.

“Please remain in a safe location and follow official channels for warnings and updates,” it added.

Earlier, authorities said that missile attack had been detected and that air defence systems were activated, as Iran continued its retaliatory strikes across the Gulf.

Bahrain on Monday said that an Iranian drone strike on the Sitra island injured 32 people overnight, as new retaliatory strikes from Iran rang across Gulf nations, AFP reported.

All the injured persons were Bahraini citizens, the health ministry said in a statement carried by a state news agency, adding that there were four “serious cases”, including children.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Qatar has strongly condemned an attack attributed to Iran that targeted a residential facility in Al-Kharj, a city in Saudi Arabia, resulting in the deaths of two civilians and leaving several others injured.

In an official statement released on Sunday (local time) on X, Qatar described the strike as a serious violation of international norms and warned that such actions could further destabilise an already tense regional environment. The statement emphasised that attacks targeting civilian locations undermine international law and risk escalating conflict across West Asia.

“Qatar deems the attack a flagrant violation of international law and its principles, and a dangerous escalation that threatens the security and stability of the region,” the statement added.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Bahrain said sirens were heard on Monday morning in the country ahead of an attack, urging people to head to safe locations.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: The Saudi defence ministry said on Monday it had thwarted a drone attack targeting an oil field in the kingdom’s east, near the Emirati border.

“Four drones heading towards the Shaybah oil field were intercepted and destroyed,” a defence ministry statement said.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Oil prices surged past $100 a barrel for the first time in almost four years as more major Middle East producers cut production, the Strait of Hormuz remained largely closed, and the United States warned it could deepen a conflict that has already shaken global energy markets.

For the first time in nearly four years, the global oil benchmark Brent rose above $100 a barrel, The New York Times reported. Oil prices are now about 50 percent higher than they were before the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran on February 28.

Brent crude, the international benchmark, climbed past $114 a barrel when trading resumed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. This is a 23% jump from its Friday closing price of $92.69.

West Texas Intermediate, the light, sweet crude produced in the United States, was also trading at around $114 a barrel. This is a 25% rise from its Friday close of $90.90. More details here.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: UAE air defences are currently responding to incoming missile and drone threats from Iran, the country’s defence ministry said in a statement.

“UAE air defences are currently responding to incoming missile and drone threats from Iran. MOD asserts that the sounds heard are the result of the Air Defence Systems intercepting missiles and drones. The public are requested to adhere to the safety and security instructions issued,” the statement said.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Saudi Arabia sharpened its warnings to Iran early Monday, telling Tehran it would be the “biggest loser” if it continues to attack Arab states.

The Saudi statement came after a new drone attack apparently targeted its massive Shaybah oil field.

The kingdom dismissed comments by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday that Iran had halted its attacks on Gulf Arab states.

“The kingdom affirms that the Iranian side has not implemented this statement in practice, neither during the Iranian president’s speech nor afterward,” Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

“Iran has continued its aggression based on flimsy pretexts devoid of any factual basis.”

It added the Iranian attacks mean “further escalation which will have grave impact on the relations, currently and in the future.”

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: A drone attack targeted a US military base near Erbil airport in Iraqi Kurdistan, security sources told news agency Reuters.

Rocket and drone attacks also targeted a US diplomatic facility near Baghdad International Airport and were intercepted by the C-RAM defence system, police sources told the news agency.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Iran’s state television referred to Mojtaba Khamenei as a “Jaanbaz (injured war veteran) of Ramadan”, indicating that he may have been wounded during the ongoing war.

Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late supreme leader, has been named as the Islamic Republic’s next ruler, authorities announced Monday, as Tehran widened its attacks across the Mideast.

The younger Khamenei, who had not been seen or heard from publicly since the war started, had long been considered a contender for the post. That was even before the Israeli strike killed his father, and despite never being elected or appointed to a government position.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Saudi Arabia issued a stronger warning to Iran early on Monday, telling Tehran it would be the “biggest loser” if it continues launching attacks on Arab states.

The Saudi statement came after a new drone attack apparently targeted its massive Shaybah oil field.

“The kingdom affirms that the Iranian side has not implemented this statement in practice, neither during the Iranian president’s speech nor afterward,” Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

“Iran has continued its aggression based on flimsy pretexts devoid of any factual basis.”

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Oil prices crossed $100 a barrel as several major Middle East producers cut output, the Strait of Hormuz remained largely closed and the United States warned it could further escalate a conflict that has shaken global energy markets.

Brent crude rose by as much as 24 per cent to $114.99 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate climbed 27 per cent, marking the biggest intraday jump since April 2020. Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have begun reducing production as storage fills up quickly due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Iraq had already started shutting in production last week.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Bahrain’s ministry of health said Monday that an Iranian drone attack which targeted the Gulf nation’s island of Sitra overnight wounded 32 civilians.

All of the injured were Bahraini citizens and there were four “serious cases”, including children, said the ministry in a statement carried by the Gulf nation’s state news agency.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Israel’s military said it struck the Beirut area early Monday, targeting Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.

Israeli forces “struck infrastructure belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organisation in Beirut”, the military said in a brief statement.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: No Indian national was killed in the missile strike that struck a residential area in Al Kharj in Saudi Arabia on Sunday evening, the Indian embassy in Riyadh said. One Indian was injured in the incident and is undergoing treatment at a government hospital, it added.

“The Embassy has been in touch with the concerned Saudi authorities regarding this issue. Counsellor (CW) Shri Y. Sabir visited Al Kharj last night and met the injured Indian national involved in this unfortunate incident. He is currently receiving treatment at a government hospital in Al Kharj,” it wrote on X.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Several explosions were heard on Monday in the Qatari capital Doha, AFP reported, as Gulf nations reported new attacks with Iran pressing its retaliatory strikes across the region.

Doha has been targeted by waves of Iranian drones and missiles since Iran launched a sprawling retaliation campaign across the Gulf in the wake of US and Israeli attacks against the Islamic republic.

Qatar’s defence ministry said on Monday that its forces had intercepted a missile attack.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: The son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will become Iran’s next supreme leader, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency announced, taking over after his father was killed in an attack by the US and Israel.

Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, is the third person to lead the Islamic Republic and the first example of hereditary succession since the overthrow of the Pahlavi monarchy in the 1979 revolution.

Iran’s Assembly of Experts elected the country’s next supreme leader in a “decisive vote,” according to Fars. The vote took place hours before the result was made public.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates called on Sunday for an end to all attacks on both Iran and Gulf states and said renewed diplomacy was needed to ensure long-term regional security.

“Attention focused on the necessity of stopping attacks that lead to casualties among the civilian population and cause damage to civilian infrastructure both in the Arab countries of the … Gulf and in Iran,” the ministry said of Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Oil prices eclipsed $100 per barrel for the first time in more than three and a half years Sunday as the Iran war hinders production and shipping in the Middle East.

The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, was at $107.97 after trading resumed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, up 16.5% from its Friday closing price of $92.69.

West Texas Intermediate, the light, sweet crude oil produced in the United States, was selling for about $106.22 a barrel. That’s 16.9% higher than it closed Friday at $90.90.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Iran launched on Monday its first missile attack at Israel after the appointment of the Islamic republic’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, state broadcaster IRIB said.

“Iran fires first wave of missiles under Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei towards occupied territories,” IRIB said on its Telegram channel.

It posted a picture of a projectile bearing the slogan “At Your Command, Sayyid Mojtaba.”

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Moments after a call with Russia, UAE President and US President Donald Trump held a phone call.

As per state news agencies, the two leaders discussed Iranian attacks on Gulf states during the phone call.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: The United States on Sunday ordered embassy staff to leave Saudi Arabia as Iran carried out strikes on the kingdom in response to attacks by Washington and Israel.

The state department said in a travel advisory that it had “ordered non-emergency US government employees and US government employee family members to leave Saudi Arabia due to safety risks.”

The order pointed to continued concerns about possible Iranian strikes, as President Donald Trump warned he was prepared for weeks more of war and Tehran said it was ready to respond.