Radio Shoma

United Arab Emirates President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan spoke with Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni about regional developments during a phone call.

The UAE has expressed its solidarity with Kenya over the victims of a road collision in the Salama area, southeast of the capital Nairobi, which resulted in a number of deaths and injuries.

Five UAE humanitarian aid convoys comprising 55 trucks and carrying 617 tonnes of humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip this week under Operation Chivalrous Knight 3, as part of the UAE's continued efforts to support the Palestinian people and meet their basic needs.

Germany will not be intimidated into dropping its support for Ukraine, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday as he announced a further €1 billion ($1.1 billion) in military aid during a visit to Kyiv marked by Russian drone attacks.

Thousands of youth protesters and opposition supporters rallied in Delhi and Mumbai on Sunday to demand the resignation of India's election commission chief over changes to voter rolls, as police detained some demonstrators for a third day.

The US Coast Guard said late on Saturday it found debris from a medical transport aircraft off the shore of Massachusetts' Nantucket island and was searching for six people who were on board.