AMMAN: The permanent representative of the state of Palestine at the UN, Riyad Mansour, told Arab News on Monday that his team has been working for some time with members of the UN Security Council, and that the council’s latest statement about the actions of Israeli authorities had been made from a position of responsibility.

DUBAI: The Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai has launched the Transportation Research and Innovation Pavilion, in partnership with the University of Birmingham Dubai, the Emirates News Agency reported on Monday.

The center aims to boost research on infrastructure, urban planning, and sustainability. It will also seek to be a creative hub for youth projects, assisting startups with the marketing of innovations, and publishing specialized scientific research.

DUBAI: Eighteen years ago this month, Rafik Hariri, a prominent politician and former prime minister of Lebanon, was assassinated by a suicide truck bomb in Beirut. Originally a philanthropist before his engagement in politics, Hariri, who had made his fortune in construction, donated millions of dollars to victims of war and conflict in Lebanon, and later played a major role in ending the civil war and rebuilding the capital city.

INCIRLIK AIR BASE: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday announced further aid to Turkiye and said Washington would provide longer term help to Ankara as it seeks to rebuild following this month’s earthquake.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkiye’s southeast and neighboring Syria on Feb. 6, killing more than 45,000 people and leaving a million-plus homeless, with the economic cost of the disaster expected to run into billions of dollars.

RABAT: Moroccan trade union activists protested Sunday in the capital Rabat and other cities to denounce surging costs of food and fuel, defying a government ban against marches.
Protesters from the Democratic Labour Confederation (CDT) staged rallies outside their offices in Rabat and Casablanca as well as other cities “following the decision of the authorities to ban marches,” senior CDT member Rajae Kassab said.