Radio Shoma

The UAE has approved the launch of a new Cabinet AI Advisor system, designed to support government decision-making and speed up the study and implementation of projects and initiatives.

The UAE has strongly condemned an Iranian attack on the Saudi-flagged tanker 'Sidr' while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz, which resulted in the deaths of a number of crew members.

The UAE has expressed its solidarity with Egypt and Jordan after a bus overturned in South Sinai, killing at least 21 people and injuring several others on Wednesday. 

The Kuwaiti Armed Forces have announced its air defence systems are actively intercepting Iranian missile and drone attacks early on Thursday.

Two Palestinian teenagers have been killed on Wednesday in an attack by Israeli settler fighters and army troops on their village in the occupied West Bank, local officials and the Palestinian health ministry said.

China has warned of flash floods in the southeastern province of Fujian while heavy rain trapped teachers and students in a compound in eastern Zhejiang as storms from Typhoon Saudel lashed several regions, state media said on Thursday.