Radio Shoma

The UAE's Nafis programme, which aims to empower national talent in the private sector, has been extended until 2040.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has discussed the implications of the Iranian attacks on regional security during talks with Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.

UAE air defences successfully intercepted 12 ballistic missiles, 2 cruise missiles and 19 drones launched from Iran on Monday, Ministry of Defence confirmed.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday the Tuesday deadline he has set for Iran to make a deal is final and unlikely to be extended, calling Iran's peace proposal significant but not good enough.

Iran said on Monday it wanted a lasting end to the war with the US and Israel, and pushed back against pressure to swiftly reopen the Strait of Hormuz under a temporary ceasefire.

The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission reached the furthest point that any human has been from Earth on Monday, cruising along a path in the Moon's gravitational sphere of influence that will soon take them over the shadowed, lunar far side.