King from DC: International community must take urgent action to prevent a new catastrophe in Rafah
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday said the international community must take urgent action to prevent a new catastrophe in Gaza as ...
There is ‘nowhere safe to go’ for the 600,000 children of Rafah, warns UNICEF
May 06, 2024
Economic forum calls for strengthened Iraq-Jordan trade relations
May 06, 2024
PM checks on BRT project
May 06, 2024

Local

Cassation Court upholds 10-year sentence in attempted murder case

By Rana Husseini - May 06, 2024

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a November Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to 10 years in prison with hard labour after co ...

Experts anticipate rise in housing market demand

By Maria Weldali - May 06, 2024

AMMAN — Industry experts expected a 10 per cent increase in demand for housing in May as summer approaches. Mahmoud Salah, a seasoned land d ...

Palianswers: crowdsourced database to combat anti-Palestinian propaganda

By JT - May 06, 2024

AMMAN — A crowdsourced online database dubbed Palianswers providing short factual rebuttals to false online information about Palestine has ...

Region

Tunisian protesters demand eviction of migrant encampment

May 04, 2024

EL AMRA, Tunisia — Hundreds of Tunisians rallied Saturday in the town of El Amra to protest makeshift camps for migrants primarily from sub- ...

Blinken urges Hamas to agree Gaza truce as he meets Israel leaders

By AFP - May 02, 2024

Israeli offensive on Rafah would be 'unbearable escalation' — UN chief

May 01, 2024

Host Saudi warns of economic fallout from Gaza war at global summit

By AFP - Apr 29, 2024

Israeli land grabs spike in West Bank during Gaza war

By AFP - Apr 26, 2024

World

UK's ruling Conservatives brace for more losses in local elections

By AFP - May 04, 2024

LONDON — Britain's ruling Conservatives braced Saturday for further losses in local elections, their worst results in recent memory and a ke ...

Dams strain as water, death toll, keep rising in south Brazil

By AFP - May 04, 2024

Spain and Argentina at loggerheads in diplomatic spat

By AFP - May 04, 2024

Biden’s description of Japan as xenophobic is ‘unfortunate’— Tokyo

By AFP - May 04, 2024

Tens of thousands rally in Georgia against ‘foreign influence’ bill

By AFP - May 02, 2024

Business

Qantas to pay $66m fine after 'ghost flights' scandal

By AFP - May 06, 2024

SYDNEY — Australian airline Qantas agreed to pay a $66 million fine on Monday after a bruising "ghost flights" scandal, following accusation ...

EU pledges $1b for Lebanon, urges curbs against illegal migration
China's new aircraft carrier conducts first sea trials

Features

A little bit of this & a little bit of that!

By Sonia Salfity, Family Flavours - May 06, 2024

I don’t know about you, but I can get really creative at convincing myself that another piece of cheese won’t hurt. After all, it’s prot ...

Ghana’s Asante king displays return of looted treasures
Paul Auster: Cool narrator of noirish New York

Sports

Mind the ‘Gap’: Fuellkrug has Dortmund dreaming of Champions League final

By AFP - May 06, 2024

BERLIN — Borussia Dortmund striker Niclas Fuellkrug is on the brink of a Champions League final appearance at Wembley, just two years after ...

Edwards hits 43 to spark T-Wolves over Denver in NBA play-offs
Auger-Aliassime in final as ‘crazy’ Madrid injury curse strikes again


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