Breaking News:Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Dubai’s 23 Marina Tower hit in Iranian drone attack; Saudi shoots down 3 drones near Riyadh– What Just Happened

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: China’s top diplomat condemned on Sunday the war in the Middle East and urged the United States to iron out its differences with Beijing.

Wang Yi told a press conference in the Chinese capital that the war, which was sparked by US and Israeli strikes on Iran, “should never have happened”.

“A strong fist does not mean strong reason. The world cannot return to the law of the jungle,” he told reporters.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said it had thwarted another attempted attack after bringing down three more drones near Riyadh.

This came just hours after the ministry reported blocking a drone strike targeting Riyadh’s diplomatic quarter and said its forces had shot down at least 15 other drones.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Air India and Air India Express are continuing scheduled flights to selected West Asian destinations while also running additional non scheduled services to help travellers stranded due to airspace restrictions in parts of the region.

According to the release, Air India is operating scheduled flights between Delhi and Mumbai and Jeddah. Air India Express is continuing services linking Muscat and Delhi, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mangaluru, Mumbai and Kannur. It is also operating flights between Jeddah and Bengaluru, Kozhikode and Mangaluru.

Air India Express said all its scheduled flights to and from Bahrain, Dammam, Doha, Kuwait and Riyadh will remain cancelled until March 13 because of the ongoing restrictions. Air India’s scheduled flights to and from Dammam, Doha and Riyadh will stay suspended until March 10.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said its forces shot down three drones in Riyadh.

Earlier on Sunday, the ministry said it intercepted and destroyed a drone heading towards Riyadh’s diplomatic quarter, where several foreign missions, including the United States Embassy, are located.

Another drone was brought down in the kingdom’s vast Empty Quarter desert as it was flying towards the Shaybah oil field.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Flight-tracking platform Flightradar24 said flights bound for the Saudi capital Riyadh have either been diverted or turned back to their departure airports over the past few hours.

Saudi Arabia’s Defence Ministry said it was responding to drone attacks targeting Riyadh.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Dubai authorities confirmed that debris from an aerial interception struck a vehicle in the Al Barsha area. A Pakistani driver died in the incident.

“Authorities confirm that debris from an aerial interception fell onto a vehicle in the Al Barsha area, resulting in the death of a Pakistani driver,” the Dubai Media Office said in a statement on X.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the US and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East.

The shipping disruption and damage to key Middle East oil and gas facilities has interrupted supplies from some of the world’s largest oil producers.

Kuwait, for example, said on Saturday that it would reduce its oil production as a “precautionary” measure due to the war, which could jolt global energy markets even further.

Dubai Abu Dhabi news LIVE: The Saudi Defense Ministry said a drone attack targeted Riyadh’s Diplomatic Quarter where the US Embassy and other foreign missions are located.

The ministry said the attack was thwarted without casualties or damage.

Dubai news live updates: The United Arab Emirates’ Dubai Media Office said on Saturday that falling shrapnel from the interception of projectiles launched from Iran caused minor damage to the facade of a tower in Dubai Marina, an area known for its many luxury high-rise buildings.

“Authorities confirm that debris resulting from a successful interception caused a minor incident on the facade of a tower in Dubai Marina. The situation has been contained. No injuries were reported,” it wrote on X.

Dubai news live updates: The United Arab Emirates and Kuwait started reducing oil production, as the near-closure of the crucial Strait of Hormuz ripples through energy markets and affects global supply.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. is “managing offshore production levels to address storage requirements,” the company said in a statement, without giving details.

Kuwait Petroleum Corp. said it was lowering production at both its oil fields and refineries after “Iranian threats against safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz.”

Dubai news live updates: Norwegian police reported on Sunday an explosion at the US embassy in the capital Oslo, but said there were no casualties.

The explosion occurred around 1:00 am local time (0000 GMT), the Oslo police department said in a statement, adding they did not know the cause of the blast.

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.

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.

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.’”