Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah dies at age 91
KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the architect of the nation's modern foreign policy and mediator in some of the ...
Conversation series throw light on role of pension funds during crisis
Sep 30, 2020
Dead Sea isolation centre houses 830 COVID-19 patients — army official
Sep 30, 2020
Heavy losses as Armenia, Azerbaijan defy calls for calm
Sep 29, 2020

Local

King mourns passing of Emir Sheikh Sabah

By JT - Sep 30, 2020

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday took to Twitter to mourn the passing of Kuwait Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah.  " ...

Working women bear ‘double burden’ amid COVID pandemic, webinar hears

By Rana Husseini - Sep 30, 2020

AMMAN — Two local researches have revealed on Tuesday that the COVID-19 crisis has caused a “double burden” on working women who have to att ...

Six virus-related deaths, 823 COVID cases recorded Tuesday

By JT - Sep 30, 2020

AMMAN — Six COVID-19 deaths and 823 coronavirus cases, including 820 local infections, were recorded in Jordan on Tuesday, increasing the ca ...

Region

Heavy rains trigger collapse at Yemen’s newly restored museum

By AFP - Sep 30, 2020

TAEZ, Yemen — Heavy rains have triggered the collapse of parts of the newly restored National Museum in Yemen's third city Taez, in the late ...

Sudan launches mass disarmament campaign with bang in the desert

By AFP - Sep 30, 2020

A year after unprecedented Iraq protests, what has changed?

By AFP - Sep 30, 2020

Exiles return to rebuild post-Bashir Sudan

Sep 29, 2020

Macron accuses Lebanon leaders of 'betrayal' over gov't failure

By AFP - Sep 29, 2020

World

Pompeo calls for Greece-Turkey dialogue

By AFP - Sep 30, 2020

SOÚDA, Greece — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday backed talks between Greece and Turkey to resolve tensions in the eastern Medit ...

Germany to limit parties, family gatherings to curb virus — Merkel

By AFP - Sep 30, 2020

Police break up Calais migrant camp, biggest since 'the Jungle'

By AFP - Sep 30, 2020

Boost for vaccine doses planned for poor as coronavirus rages on

By AFP - Sep 30, 2020

Death toll rises in Armenia-Azerbaijan fight despite calls for pause

By AFP - Sep 29, 2020

Business

Japan's NTT to take over country's biggest mobile carrier for $40 billion

By AFP - Sep 29, 2020

TOKYO — Japan's biggest mobile carrier NTT Docomo will be taken over by its government-backed parent company in a $40-billion tender offer, ...

Stock markets surge, pound in focus
Siemens’ energy unit spinoff lags expectations in market debut

Features

Reptiles vulnerable to unscrupulous pet trading — study

By AFP - Sep 30, 2020

PARIS — More than a third of reptile species are bought and sold online in often-unregulated international trade, researchers said on Tuesda ...

5G networks: Are there health risks?
Nissan Patrol V8: Different flavours, consistent capability and character

Sports

Klopp wowed by Liverpool’s early season form

By AFP - Sep 29, 2020

LIVERPOOL — Jurgen Klopp said Monday that he has been blown away by the standards Liverpool have set at the start of their Premier League ti ...

Ronaldo rescues a point for Juventus at Roma
Bottas exploits record-chasing Hamilton’s troubles in Russia

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