Radio Shoma

The UAE air defences have intercepted 6 ballistic missiles and 9 drones on Friday, according to a statement from the Ministry of Defence.

UAE aid convoys have entered the Gaza Strip carrying hundreds of tonnes of clothing for children displaced by the conflict.

The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) has forecast more rain for parts of the UAE until Friday night, driven by a main weather front over the far western regions.

Iran-linked hackers have broken into FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email inbox, publishing photographs of the director and other documents to the internet, the hackers and the bureau said on Friday.

US President Donald Trump said he would again extend a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face the destruction of its energy plants, after Tehran earlier rejected a 15-point US proposal to end the fighting.

More than 370,000 children have been forced from their homes in Lebanon in just three weeks, as intensified Israeli strikes and mass evacuation orders trigger one of the fastest and largest population displacements in the country's history, UN officials said on Friday.