Radio Shoma

Motorists will have to pay more for petrol in May as prices continue to rise for the third month in a row.

The UAE’s transport and supply chain system continues to operate efficiently, affirmed Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, adding that it reflects the country's "high level of resilience in addressing regional challenges". 

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has held bilateral talks with Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.

A Palestinian teen has been shot dead during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

At least 17 migrants have died, and nine are missing after their boat broke down and drifted for eight days in the Mediterranean Sea, Libya's Red Crescent and Libyan security sources said on Wednesday.

Israel has begun taking control of aid ships bound for Gaza far from Israeli shores, Israeli army radio cited an Israeli source as saying on Wednesday.