{
  "id": 9940553,
  "title": "UAE Ministry of Interior app to be temporarily unavailable on Sunday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/uae-ministry-of-interior-app-to-be-temporarily-unavailable-on-sunday",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-26T07:50:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/uae-ministry-of-interior-app-to-be-temporarily-unavailable-on-sunday-1.500688577"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Ministry of Interior's smart app in the UAE will be temporarily unavailable on Sunday, September 27, 2026, from 2am to 5am. The app will be offline as the ministry carries out updates to the platform, according to an announcement on its official social media accounts. Services on the app are expected to resume once the maintenance work is completed. Residents using the app for ministry services are advised to complete any urgent transactions before or after the three-hour window to avoid disruption.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ukrinform - Politics",
        "title": "Lithuania's Interior Ministry reports cyberattack on its information system",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/lithuanias-interior-ministry-reports-cyberattack-on-its-information",
        "published": "2026-09-25T16:57:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}