Radio Shoma

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has congratulated US President Donald Trump on the occasion of his country's Independence Day.

Starting the new academic year of 2026, Dubai's private schools will introduce a host of topics, including financial literacy, nutrition, mental resilience and social well-being as part of the Emirate's 'Skills for Life' initiative to help learners adapt to a fast-changing world.

Dubai Police have issued a warning after three vehicles crashed into a bus that had broken down on Jebel Ali Road, leaving 25 people injured.

Russia's second city of St. Petersburg and the surrounding Leningrad region came under a large Ukrainian drone attack overnight on Saturday, with a local port and oil infrastructure struck, Russian and Ukrainian authorities said.

US President Donald Trump called on Americans to protect the freedoms the nation's founders envisioned 250 years ago against what he has portrayed as the "communist" threat posed by progressive Democrats, speaking on the eve of Independence Day at Mount Rushmore.

Ukraine still controls the strategically important eastern city of Kostiantynivka, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the General Staff said on Saturday, rejecting Russian claims that it has been captured.