Dubai temporarily shut its international airport and suspended flight operations after a fire broke out following a drone attack on Monday morning.
"A drone incident in the vicinity of Dubai International Airport (DXB) affected one of the fuel tanks", the Dubai media office said on X. Authorities added that the fire has been contained with no injuries.
The fresh strike comes after Donald Trump warned Nato that the bloc faces a “very bad future” if allies refuse to help the US open up the Strait of Hormuz.
It comes after the US president’s calls for assistance in the key shipping waterway have so far gone unheeded, prompting the comments in an interview with the Financial Times.
The chief executives of Exxon, Chevron and Conocophillips have told the White House that disruption through the Strait of Hormuz will continue to wreak havoc on global energy markets, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Over 400 million barrels of oil from the International Energy Agency's emergency reserves are set to be released in a bid to counter a significant surge in crude prices since the onset of the Iran war.
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The Israeli military said this morning that its troops had begun limited ground operations against Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon in recent days to bolster forward defences.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar16 March 2026 06:26
Emirates to operate limited schedule from Dubai today
Emirates said it expects to operate a limited schedule after 10am local time today, following a drone strike near Dubai International Airport that forced authorities to temporarily shut down flight operations.
"Unfortunately, some flights from today’s schedule have been cancelled. Affected customers will receive a cancellation notice and will be advised on reaccommodation options," the airline said.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar16 March 2026 06:20
Iran war an 'abject lesson' on fossil fuel dependence, UN climate chief says
The disruption to energy markets caused by the Iran war is an “abject lesson” in the risks of relying on fossil fuels and underscores the case for governments to wean their economies off oil and gas, the UN climate secretary will tell EU policymakers.
While geographically far from the crisis in the Middle East, the European Union has felt its disruption through surging global energy prices. European gas prices have jumped by 50 per cent during the two-week war.“Fossil fuel dependency is ripping away national security and sovereignty, and replacing it with subservience and rising costs,” Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN climate change arm UNFCCC, will tell EU officials and government ministers at an event in Brussels.
“Europe is more reliant on fossil fuel imports than almost any other major economy,” Stiell will say, in prepared remarks that warned reliance on fossil fuels was leaving consumers “at the mercy of geopolitical shocks and price volatility”.
The EU imports more than 90 per cent of its oil and 80 per cent of its gas. EU leaders are hurriedly drafting emergency measures to shield consumers from the energy price spike and avoid a repeat of Europe’s 2022 energy crisis, when Russia slashed gas deliveries, sending prices to record highs.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar16 March 2026 06:20
Israel says it still has ‘thousands of targets’ left to hit in Iran
The Israeli military has claimed that it still has thousands of targets to hit across Iran, with new ones identified every day.
“We have a precise plan. We still have thousands of targets in Iran, and we are identifying new targets every day,” military spokesman Brig Gen Effie Defrin said in a televised briefing.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar16 March 2026 06:08
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Alisha Rahaman Sarkar16 March 2026 06:00
Trump may delay Beijing visit sans China support on Hormuz
Donald Trump said he was expecting China to help unblock the Strait of Hormuz before his scheduled meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijing at the end of this month.
However, the US president said he might postpone his trip if it did not provide assistance."I think China should help too because China gets 90% of its oil from the Straits," Mr Trump said.
"We may delay," he said in reference to his visit if China did not offer support in the Gulf.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar16 March 2026 05:40
Oil slips to $102 a barrel
Oil prices slipped this morning, paring early gains after US president Donald Trump called on other countries to help safeguard the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global oil and gas shipments.
Brent crude futures fell 24 cents, or 0.23 per cent, to $102.90 a barrel by 0049 GMT after settling $2.68 higher on Friday.
US West Texas Intermediate crude slipped $1.07, or 1.08 per cent, to $97.64 a barrel, after gaining nearly $3 in the previous session.
Both contracts have surged more than 40 per cent this month to their highest levels since 2022 after the US-Israeli attacks on Iran prompted Tehran to halt shipping through the Strait of Hormuz – choking off a fifth of global oil supply in the biggest disruption ever.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar16 March 2026 05:20
Trump accuses Iran of using AI to spread disinformation
US president Donald Trump has accused Iran of using artificial intelligence as a “disinformation weapon” to misrepresent its wartime successes and support.
“AI can be very dangerous, we have to be very careful with it,” Mr Trump told reporters on Air Force One shortly after he made a post on his Truth Social platform where he accused Western media outlets, without evidence, of “close coordination” with Iran to spread AI-generated “fake news”.
The comments come amid renewed tensions between the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and broadcasters after Trump took aim at media coverage of the US and Israel’s war with Iran.
FCC chair Brendan Carr on Saturday threatened to pull licences of broadcasters who did not “correct course” on their coverage.
On Truth Social, Mr Trump claimed that Iran had shown “kamikaze boats” that do not exist. He further stated that Iran used AI to falsely depict a successful attack on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, adding that publications that propagated the news should be charged with treason.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar16 March 2026 05:00
US energy chief has dire prediction about gas prices under Trump
Donald Trump’s energy secretary has warned that the Iran war could likely last for several more weeks and deflected a question about whether it was possible that oil prices could hit $200 a barrel.
Chris Wright appeared on several programs on Sunday as he presented the Trump administration’s domestic response to a war in Iran that despite the president’s proclamations seems far from over just yet.
Speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press, Wright was questioned by moderator Kristen Welker about a prediction from Iranian officials that oil would soon reach $200 per barrel.
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Dubai shuts down airport road after drone attack
Dubai authorities brought under control this morning a fire caused by a drone attack near the city's international airport that forced a temporary suspension of flights, though no injuries were reported, they said.
“A drone incident in the vicinity of Dubai International Airport affected one of the fuel tanks,” the Dubai Media Office said on X.
Traffic was temporarily halted on road and tunnel links with the airport, police said, while Emirates airline suspended flights to and from Dubai.
Some flights were diverted to Al Maktoum International Airport, the Dubai Media Office said on X.
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