UAE from Monday, August 25th, 2025

Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has completed major traffic improvements at 10 school zones across the city, benefiting 27 schools.

Dubai has added six new private schools for the new academic year, along with 16 early childhood centres and three international universities.

The UAE has carried out another aid air drop to the Gaza Strip, days after a UN-backed body declared famine in Gaza City and surrounding areas, adding that it is likely to spread.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has met Angolan leader João Manuel Lourenço at the Presidential Palace in Luanda at the start of his state visit.

The UAE has mediated another exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine, which involved 292 captives - 146 from each side.