Radio Shoma

The Government of Dubai Media Office (GDMO) has confirmed that a Reuters report about explosions in Downtown Dubai is false.

A cemetery dating back to the large Wadi Suq era and the Late Bronze Age (c. 2000-1300 BCE) has been uncovered in Al Ain Region, revealing new insights into the UAE’s history.

The UAE is introducing a new national licensing system for higher education institutions to streamline regulation, strengthen governance and raise education standards.

Eleven people, including children, were killed and 19 injured in a fire at an orphanage close to the Algerian capital Algiers early on Thursday.

An Italian court on Thursday sentenced the former head of Italian motorway operator Autostrade per l'Italia to 12 years in prison for his role in a disaster that killed 43 people when a bridge collapsed near the city of Genoa in 2018.

Iran and the US exchanged intensified fire on Thursday in a week-long escalation that has all but torn up last month's truce, but Iran's release of a US citizen was seen as signalling a path to avert the resumption of all-out war.