Radio Shoma

The UAE will contribute $100 million to climate disaster fund arrangements, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said on Thursday.

Countries at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) on Thursday formally approved a deal on a new climate disaster fund.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and King of Jordan Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein have arrived in the UAE to participate in the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28).

Thirty Palestinian prisoners have been released on the seventh day of the truce agreement between Hamas and Israel. 

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for faster construction of fortifications in key sectors under pressure from Russian forces, particularly in eastern Ukraine, the focal point of Moscow's advances 21 months into its invasion.

Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend the pause in hostilities to facilitate a hostages-prisoners swap in Gaza for a seventh day.