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

Israel orders evacuation from Rafah area in south Gaza

By AFP - May 07, 2024

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories — Israel's military on Monday called for the evacuation of Palestinians from eastern Rafah ahead of a ground ...

Tunisian protesters demand eviction of migrant encampment

May 04, 2024

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

World

Putin orders nuclear drills with troops near Ukraine

By AFP - May 07, 2024

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered new nuclear weapons drills in the face of Western “threats,” as a Ukrainian drone attack ...

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

By AFP - May 04, 2024

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

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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