King receives letter from Egyptian president, reaffirms deep ties
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday received Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, who delivered a letter from Egypt President Ab ...
Joint parliamentary committee urges recalculation of electricity bills
Mar 08, 2020
ARDD honours women in security forces, civil society organisations
Mar 08, 2020
Jordanian, US, Iraqi students team up to design sustainable food strategies
Mar 08, 2020

Local

King, in a tweet, congratulates women on international day

By JT - Mar 08, 2020

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday took to Twitter to congratulate Jordanian women on the occasion of the International Women’s Day ...

Arab Women Organisation of Jordan celebrates 50 years

By Rana Husseini - Mar 08, 2020

  AMMAN — The Arab Women Organisation of Jordan (AWO) on Sunday commemorated its 50-year anniversary by pledging to continue working to empo ...

Gov't suspends travel for expatriate workers, foreign students

By Maram Kayed - Mar 08, 2020

AMMAN — The Ministry of Health has temporarily prohibited vacations abroad for expatriate workers and foreign students studying in Jordan, M ...

Region

As debt default looms, Lebanon faces reform challenge

By AFP - Mar 08, 2020

BEIRUT — Lebanon, shaken by street protests and economic crisis and now set to default on its Eurobond debt, has pledged reforms that will s ...

Aid groups move to block virus outbreak in Syria rebel pocket

By AFP - Mar 08, 2020

Rare calm in Syria’s Idlib after ceasefire deal

By AFP - Mar 08, 2020

'Star of the East' Umm Kulthum returns to light up Cairo

By AFP - Mar 08, 2020

War-torn Yemen at a 'critical juncture' — UN

By AFP - Mar 08, 2020

World

Pope voices support for virus victims in livestream message

By AFP - Mar 08, 2020

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis expressed solidarity on Sunday with the victims of the novel coronavirus in his first livestreamed prayer from t ...

Global rallies for International Women's Day despite virus fears

By AFP - Mar 08, 2020

Macron put to test in French municipal elections

By AFP - Mar 08, 2020

Kabul victims describe scenes of carnage after attack

By AFP - Mar 08, 2020

Trump prepares scorched earth campaign against Biden

By AFP - Mar 08, 2020

Business

ACT business improving despite industry challenges

By JT - Mar 08, 2020

AMMAN — Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), showed strong resilience in 2019, steering against challenges facing the economy. ...

Gulf shares slump after OPEC fails to agree oil production cut
OPEC, allies fail to reach deal on oil production cuts

Features

Ageing successfully

By Ruba Al Far, Family Flavours - Mar 08, 2020

Our society is obsessed with age and almost points out all the negatives of ageing. ...

Why people still love their paper maps
Parrots get probability, use stats to make choices

Sports

Jordan celebrates as boxers book Tokyo 2020 Olympic spots

By JT - Mar 08, 2020

AMMAN — There were remarkable scenes at the Prince Hamzeh Hall in Al Hussein Youth City as three Jordanian boxers booked their spots for the ...

Jordan fighters win their way into quarters
Man City, Leicester into FA Cup quarter-finals, Tottenham out

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