Radio Shoma

A new digital platform has been unveiled, designed to connect citizens, residents and visitors with a wide range of activities across Dubai.

Dubai Police handled a total of 45,845 phone calls during the recent Eid Al-Fitr holiday through its Command and Control Centre and the 901 Call Centre.

The Dubai Land Department (DLD) and Ajman Free Zones Authority (AFZA) have signed a joint Memorandum of Cooperation to simplify processes for companies registered in AFZA to secure freehold ownership of land and property, streamlining the registration process.

At least seven migrants have died, including one boy, one girl and two women, after their boat sank off the Greek island of Lesbos, Greece's coastguard said on Thursday.

The death toll from Myanmar's devastating earthquake has surpassed 3,000, with hundreds more missing, as forecasts of unseasonal rain presented a new challenge for rescue and aid workers trying to reach people in a country riven by civil war.

Russian forces unleashed an hour-long barrage of drones on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city, late on Wednesday, triggering a number of fires but causing no casualties in the second such attack in the course of the day, the regional governor said.