Radio Shoma

The UAE's Ministry of Defence announced it is continuing to intercept incoming missile and drone threats from Iran, with a second update issued on its official channels on Thursday at 5:28 pm.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi have underscored the need for an immediate halt to military escalation in the region during talks in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.

Dubai Police have detected attempts by fraudsters to exploit current regional developments by sending out phishing links on the pretext of providing "latest updates".

US President Donald Trump said an angry Israel "violently lashed out" and attacked Iran's major gas field, a significant escalation in the US-Israeli war, but ruled out further such attacks by Israel unless Iran retaliated further.

US President Donald Trump greeted Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warmly at the White House on Thursday and said he believed Japan was "really stepping up to the plate" on Iran.

Israel reopened the Rafah crossing with Egypt on Thursday after nearly three weeks to allow some wounded Palestinians to leave for treatment, after Gaza medics said Israeli strikes had killed four people in the enclave.