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Calm returns to Ajloun after weekend riots

By Rana Husseini - Feb 17, 2019

AMMAN — Calm was restored in Ajloun Governorate on Sunday following pledges from Prime Minister Omar Razzaz to form a committee to investiga ...

CPF to present youth’s position at upcoming London conference

By JT - Feb 17, 2019

AMMAN — The Crown Prince Foundation (CPF) has started preparing a position paper on Jordanian youth's needs and ambitions in accordance with ...

EU-funded programme ‘Skills for Employment and Social Inclusion’ launched in Jordan

By JT - Feb 17, 2019

AMMAN — The EU, Oxfam and Plan International on Sunday launched two new projects aimed at promoting sustainable social entrepreneurship as a ...

Region

In Syria, Daesh in last stand to defend dying 'caliphate'

By AFP - Feb 17, 2019

NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria — Diehard extremists have blocked roads out of the last scrap of their Daesh group "caliphate" in Syria, US-backed force ...

Saudi crown prince begins Asia tour in Pakistan amid India tensions

By Reuters - Feb 17, 2019

Israel clears Palestinians from Jerusalem home claimed by settlers

By AFP - Feb 17, 2019

In Iraq visit, US general eyes longer-term Daesh threat

By Thomson Reuters Foundation - Feb 17, 2019

Netanyahu's main rival in Israeli election voices agreement with him on Iran

By Reuters - Feb 17, 2019

World

UK's May to speak to every EU head in bid for Brexit deal changes

By Reuters - Feb 17, 2019

LONDON — Britain's Theresa May plans to speak to every European Union leader and the European Commission chief to seek changes to her EU wit ...

Thirty years on, some Russians want to reframe Soviet war in Afghanistan

By Reuters - Feb 16, 2019

US House Democrats eye Mueller filings for Trump probe

By Reuters - Feb 14, 2019

Nearly 80 detainees escape Haiti prison — police

By AFP - Feb 13, 2019

Myanmar police use rubber bullets, tear gas to break up ethnic minority protest

By Reuters - Feb 12, 2019

Business

To fight off unemployment, Iraqi youth plant start-up seeds

By AFP - Feb 17, 2019

BAGHDAD — Stuck between an endless waitlist for a government job and a frail private sector, Iraqi entrepreneurs are taking on staggering un ...

Wall Street rallies on trade optimism
A380 aimed high, but never hit cruising speed

Features

Good citizenship starts at home

By Family Flavours - Feb 17, 2019

By the Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD)  For this rising generation, much about the way they see the world and choose h ...

Is the Bible a title deed to Palestine?
Push-up capacity may predict men’s heart disease risk

Sports

Korda keeps it in the family to win Australian Open

By AFP - Feb 17, 2019

ADELAIDE — Nelly Korda added to an amazing family tradition of winning top titles Down Under by claiming the LPGA Australian Open by two sho ...

Jordan Motorsport unveils its busiest-ever calendar of events
Australian mare Winx wins 30th successive race

Opinion

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