quoted Iranian state television as saying that Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in Tehran today, as part of the process of rapprochement between the two countries.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
BERRI REVIEWS GENERAL SITUATION WITH MIKATI, CONFERS WITH ARIDI
Speaker of the House, Nabih Berri, received today Prime Minister Najib Mikati at Ain al-Tineh Palace, where both men tackled the general situation and latest political developments. Following the meeting, PM Mikati left without making a statement. The Speaker later met with former Minister Ghazi Al-Aridi, with talks focusing on political developments and general conditions in the country.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
DEATH TOLL FROM THE SCHOOL ATTACK IN WESTERN UGANDA RISES TO 37
The death toll in the jihadist attack on a school in western Uganda has risen to 37, according to AFP, quoting the army. “Unfortunately, 37 bodies were found and transferred to the mortuary of Buera Hospital,” UPDF spokesman Felix Kulayigi said in a statement.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
Ambassador: UAE, Jordan have common vision toward economic integration
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador to Jordan Sheikh Khalifa bin Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan said Saturday his country and Jordan shared a common vision towards future economic and investment integration. The remarks of the ambassador, who is honorary president of the Jordanian-Emirati Businessmen Council, came during a ceremony in Abu Dhabi to celebrate the 77th anniversary of Jordan’s independence and the marriage of HRH Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, the Senate said in a statement. During the ceremony, which was patronized by Senate President Faisal Fayez and attended by a number of Jordanian and Emirati investors in the UAE, the ambassador spoke of the deep UAE-Jordanian relations in various fields and the two countries’ keen interest in further cementing and building on them to serve common interests and enhance cooperation. During the ceremony, Fayez honored a number of Emirati and Jordanian businessmen and investors, as well as a number of officials and diplomats in the UAE, “who constituted a key turning point in the course of relations between the two brotherly countries”. In a press statements, Fayez commended the high level of Jordanian-Emarati relations and thanked the UAE for the care and attention it offers to Jordanians residing in the Arab Gulf country.
Source: Jordan News Agency
EAIIA takes part in economic exhibition in Istanbul
Eastern Amman Investors Industrial Association (EAIIA) participated in the 19th Turkish-Arab Economic Cooperation Summit (TURAB EXPO), held in Istanbul, Turkiye, which saw wide participation of Arab and Turkish businesspeople. According to an EAIIA statement on Saturday, participation in the exhibition, which sees attendance of thousands of Arab-Turkish businesspeople, aimed to promoting Jordanian industry and products of the association’s members, networking with business community, exchanging expertise, and highlighting “advanced” level of the national industry. The EAIIA indicated that its delegation is working on marketing the members’ products, promoting the Kingdom’s investment environment, and opening new export channels and markets for Jordan’s industrial products. EAIIA also expressed appreciation to the Kingdom’s ambassador to Ankara, Ismail Rifai, who visited the association’s pavilion in Istanbul. As part of its activities, the association’s delegation received visitors to the event from various countries and highlighted Jordan’s industry and current investment opportunities.
Source: Jordan News Agency
National cybersecurity plan to protect public, private sector data
National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC) Bassam Maharmeh said Saturday his institution has put forward a draft national cybersecurity framework, a program to protect information systems of the public and private sectors. The draft is a set of procedures, controls, mechanisms and standards that institutions must adopt and apply to enhance the security of the Kingdom’s cyber systems and move into a higher level in information protection, he said in an interview with Petra, noting that most institutions do not apply certain cybersecurity standards. The standards that will be incorporated into the national cybersecurity framework will be mandatory with a grace period at the start, he said, expressing hope that the center will receive feedback and respond in order to proceed with approval procedures according to the rules, as each institution will adopt controls pending the type of threat it faces. Maharmeh said the NCSC last year dealt with 1,362 incidents involving government institutions and private companies, 26 percent of which were high-risk and serious. The health sector was most targeted in 2022 accounting for 9 percent of the total cyber attacks, followed by the commercial sector, including medium and small businesses that lacked the resources to protect their data, in addition to other key government institutions that were constantly being hacked, according to NCSC statistics. Maharmeh said each country is targeted according to its geographical and political status, adding that the center is a national institution that deals with attacks and threats to institutions that may threaten national security or basic services in the country. The center, he added, detects and warns against threats and breaches, helps those exposed to recover and raises awareness among the public on the need to protect their data. He said the cybersecurity center has a key role in drafting legislation, controls and regulatory frameworks to protect against cyber attacks, pointing to two types of threats: organized cybercrime that targets government entities, companies, universities, hospitals and other institutions with the aim of stealing data for profit, and state-sponsored groups that mainly target government institutions for espionage, theft or gathering information.
Source: Jordan News Agency