Police in Dubai are continuing to raise their standards in dealing with emergencies.
It took them just 6.3 minutes on average to reach emergency scenes during the third quarter of this year, while non-urgent cases were handled within 11 minutes.
They received more than 1.6 million calls on their 999 hotline during this period.
Around 97 per cent of those calls were attended within 10 seconds.
Dubai International Airport temporarily halts operations
Operations at Dubai International Airport (DXB) have been temporarily suspended, officials said on Saturday.
Emirates suspends all flights to and from Dubai
Emirates has suspended all flights to and from Dubai until further notice, the airline said on Saturday.
UAE air defences respond to incoming missiles, drones
UAE air defences, on Saturday, responded to incoming missile and drone threats from Iran, according to alerts from the UAE Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA).
Dubai handles 'minor incident' after air-defence interception
Dubai authorities said on Saturday a “minor incident” caused by falling shrapnel from a successful air-defence interception has been dealt with, stressing that no injuries were reported.
