Israel faces mounting Palestinian anger over holy site metal detectors
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is weighing whether to remove metal detectors at a Jerusalem holy site whose installa ...
Princess Muna attends ‘La Traviata’ opera in Roman Theatre
Jul 21, 2017
32nd Jerash festival begins
Jul 21, 2017
Door-to-door awareness campaign reaches out to citizens ahead of local elections
Jul 21, 2017

Local

Jerusalem church leaders warn against changing city’s status quo

By JT - Jul 21, 2017

AMMAN — Heads of churches in Jerusalem on Thursday warned against any changes to the historical status quo in Jerusalem as the city continue ...

All water resources, facilities to be fully monitored by 2019 — ministry

By Hana Namrouqa - Jul 21, 2017

AMMAN — By the end of 2019, the Kingdom’s 500 water resources and facilities will be monitored by cameras and control systems to safeguard t ...

Agriculture minister meets UAE counterpart

By JT - Jul 21, 2017

AMMAN — Agriculture Minister Khaled Hneifat on Thursday met with the UAE’s minister of climate change and environment, Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoud ...

Region

Trump ends CIA arms support for anti-Assad Syria rebels — US officials

By Reuters - Jul 21, 2017

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has decided to halt the CIA's covert programme to equip and train certain rebel groups fighting the go ...

Daesh families, Mosul displaced live side-by-side in Iraq camp

By AFP - Jul 21, 2017

Turkey denies link to report on US forces’ Syria positions

By AFP - Jul 21, 2017

Sold by Daesh in Raqqa, Yazidi female fighters back for revenge

By AFP - Jul 21, 2017

Qatar crisis strains Saudi-led Arab alliance in Yemen war

By Reuters - Jul 20, 2017

World

Germany vows economic steps against Turkey as row escalates

By AFP - Jul 20, 2017

BERLIN — Germany on Thursday vowed stinging measures hitting tourism and investment in Turkey and a full “overhaul” of their troubled relati ...

‘No response from North Korea as proposed talks loom’

By AFP - Jul 20, 2017

White House reveals additional Trump-Putin discussion

By AFP - Jul 19, 2017

North Korea conducts public executions for theft, watching south Korean media — report

By Reuters - Jul 19, 2017

Pro-Russian rebel leader in eastern Ukraine unveils plan for new state

By Reuters - Jul 19, 2017

Business

First Saudi jobs website for women aims to get more women in the workforce

By Thomson Reuters Foundation - Jul 20, 2017

BEIRUT — An Algerian biomedical engineer is on a mission to make it easier for women to find work in Saudi Arabia by creating the first job- ...

Greek hotel workers strike against labour reforms
BBC under fire for gender pay gap as top salaries revealed

Features

Why are not the biggest animals the fastest?

By USA Today (TNS) - Jul 20, 2017

We all know that cheetahs, which can run up to 120kph, are the fastest land animal on Earth, but why is this? ...

After 18 months, world’s first child hand transplant a ‘success’
Luc Besson: master director of the lethal female

Sports

Froome relieved to pass final Alpine test as victory looms

By Reuters - Jul 20, 2017

COL D'IZOARD, France — Chris Froome said he was relieved the Alps are out of the way after keeping what should be a Tour de France-winning l ...

Froome in control as Aru slips down the rankings
Matthews accuses Degenkolb of bad sportsmanship after clash

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