Radio Shoma

The UAE has reaffirmed its commitment to global efforts to eradicate polio, highlighting its national success in keeping the country free of the disease since 1992.

The UAE has announced the success of a new mediation effort between Russia and Ukraine, resulting in the exchange of 540 captives, with 270 released from each side.

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, has held separate phone discussions with his counterparts in Mauritania and Malaysia to review regional developments.

Security was stepped up at malls, foreign embassies and other locations across Jordan, the US embassy in Amman said on Saturday, as authorities searched for gunmen who killed eight people and wounded 40 in a church attack.

Luxury boutiques in France boarded up their normally glitzy windows and added guards ahead of fresh protests on Saturday, with some planning to stay closed after rioters looted shops across the country last weekend.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in China on Saturday, visiting the neighbouring country via a newly opened bridge, a South Korean government official said.