Radio Shoma

Leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain have expressed their strong condemnation of the Iranian attacks during separate calls with UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Dr Anwar Gargash, diplomatic advisor to the UAE president, has called Iran the "source of danger and threat to regional security and stability" a day after the country faced multiple attacks.

The UAE will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the unification of its armed forces on Wednesday, reflecting five decades of achievements in defending sovereignty and safeguarding national gains.

The US military said on Monday it destroyed six Iranian small boats and intercepted Iranian cruise missiles and drones as Tehran sought to thwart a new US naval effort to open shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Two cases of the deadly hantavirus have been confirmed, and five more are suspected among people who were on a luxury cruise ship now held in the Atlantic near Cape Verde, the World Health Organisation said in its most detailed update on the outbreak.

President Vladimir Putin has declared on Monday a two-day ceasefire in the conflict with Ukraine on May 8-9 to mark Russia’s World War Two victory, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy countered with his own proposed pause in fighting starting earlier, on the night of May 5‑6.