Top updates: Flights resume at Dubai airport after nearby drone strike led to temporary suspension

Flights at Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates were disrupted on Monday morning after services were temporarily suspended when a drone struck one of the fuel tanks near the airport, amid escalating tensions in West Asia.

The authorities in Dubai said the fire was under control and that no injuries had been reported.

Following the temporary suspension, some flights were diverted from Dubai International Airport to Al Maktoum International Airport in Jebel Ali on the outskirts of Dubai.

Later, the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority announced the “gradual resumption of some flights to and from Dubai International Airport” to selected destinations.

Here are more top updates from the conflict in West Asia:

• An Indian-flagged oil tanker was unharmed during a drone attack on Fujairah port in the UAE and has set sail for India carrying 80,800 metric tonnes of crude oil, the Union government said on Sunday. The Indian-flagged Jag Laadki tanker was loading crude oil at Fujairah when the port’s oil terminal was attacked. All Indian seafarers in West Asia are safe and no incident involving Indian sailors has been reported since Saturday, the government said in a statement.
• The United Arab Emirates on Sunday ordered the arrest of 25 persons, including 17 Indians, for publishing allegedly misleading or fabricated videos on social media amid the ongoing conflict. The accused...

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