Radio Shoma

Celebrations honouring workers were held across 30 locations in the UAE during the Eid Al Adha holiday, with around 300,000 people taking part.

Dubai Customs have stepped up preparations for the return of Hajj pilgrims and the Eid Al-Adha travel rush.

Dubai Police have honoured an Indian resident for handing over AED 100,000 after finding it at a parking lot near Al Raffa.

US President Donald Trump said he would make a final decision on Friday over a deal with Iran to extend their ceasefire that would need to include opening the Strait of Hormuz and dismantling Tehran's capacity to make a nuclear weapon.

Kenyan authorities have arrested eight students on suspicion of arson over a fire at a girls' boarding school that killed 16 students, police said on Friday.

Hamas said on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's declaration that his country would expand its area of control in Gaza was a dangerous escalation, as European states and residents of the Palestinian territory also voiced alarm at the plan.