Radio Shoma

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has wished "peace, hope and goodness" for everyone celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights.

The National Drug Enforcement Authority, in coordination with security forces in the UAE and Iraq, foiled an attempt to smuggle 200,000 Captagon pills and more than 30 kg of narcotics into the UAE.

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan has exchanged views on ways to strengthen efforts to consolidate regional and international security and stability during calls with his counterparts in the UK, Ukraine and Egypt.

Russian forces hammered energy infrastructure around Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones overnight, straining Kyiv's power supply and heating systems as temperatures headed towards zero, officials said on Saturday.

Five people have died and more than 10 have been injured in a shooting on the main market square in the Polish city of Krakow, police said on Saturday.

Heavy rains have flooded tens of thousands of tents housing displaced Palestinians crammed into encampments across the Gaza Strip, washing away shelters and soaking blankets and mattresses, local authorities said on Saturday.