Beirut reels from huge blast, deaths top 100
BEIRUT — Rescuers searched for survivors on Wednesday after a cataclysmic explosion at Beirut Port sowed devastation across entire city neig ...
King expresses condolences, support to Lebanon
Aug 05, 2020
Jordanian engineers offer helping hand to Lebanese peers after blast
Aug 05, 2020
Jordanians stand by Lebanon even more after Beirut blast
Aug 05, 2020

Local

House speaker hails Royal directives to dispatch field hospital to Lebanon

By JT - Aug 05, 2020

AMMAN — The Lower House on Wednesday praised His Majesty King Abdullah's directives to dispatch a military field hospital to Lebanon to prov ...

Schools to reopen on September 1, new semester to go as scheduled — Adaileh

By Raed Omari - Aug 05, 2020

AMMAN — The government on Wednesday said that it was open to dialogue with teachers but they showed a "stubborn attitude, threatening even a ...

7 virus cases, among them 1 local infection, recorded Wednesday

By JT - Aug 05, 2020

AMMAN — Seven COVID-19 cases, including one local infection, were recorded in the Kingdom on Wednesday, increasing the caseload to 1,231, ac ...

Region

Armageddon’ at Beirut hospitals after blast hurt medics, patients alike

By AFP - Aug 05, 2020

BEIRUT — His head bandaged just like his patients, Dr Antoine Qurban said on Tuesday's enormous blast brought "Armageddon" to Beirut's overw ...

Floods affect more than 50,000 in Sudan — UN

By AFP - Aug 05, 2020

Disabled Gaza couple make dolls to give their children 'decent life'

By AFP - Aug 04, 2020

Israel launches air strikes on Syria after alleged border attack

By AFP - Aug 04, 2020

Egypt invites Musk after ‘aliens built pyramids’ tweet

By AFP - Aug 04, 2020

World

Countries tighten measures as global virus toll tops 700,000

By AFP - Aug 05, 2020

PARIS — France and The Netherlands imposed stricter mask-wearing rules on Wednesday amid signs that the coronavirus pandemic is flaring up a ...

Intensive farming heightens pandemic risk — study

By AFP - Aug 05, 2020

‘Urgent deployment’ of rescuers to Beirut — EU

By AFP - Aug 05, 2020

'No silver bullet' for virus, WHO warns, as cases top 18 million

By AFP - Aug 04, 2020

From Manhattan to Hiroshima: the race for the atom bomb

By AFP - Aug 04, 2020

Business

Samsung unveils new version of folding smartphone

By AFP - Aug 05, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Samsung on Wednesday unveiled an upgraded version of its folding smartphone along with other devices aiming to jump-start sa ...

Stocks rise as US stimulus seems close
Oil giant BP plunges into $16.8b quarterly loss

Features

How to deal with frustrating computer crashes

By Jean-Claude Elias - Aug 05, 2020

Experiencing a computer sudden crash or freezing is annoying and unpleasant. ...

Back on track: Europe’s fading night trains win reprieve
Computer chips by Intel : Should one go for i7 or for i5?

Sports

Doncic triple gets Mavericks off mark, Clippers, Bucks fall

By AFP - Aug 05, 2020

ORLANDO — Luka Doncic delivered a monster triple-double performance as the Dallas Mavericks bagged their first win of the NBA’s relaunched s ...

Mercedes’ Hamilton enjoys double success with sense of relief
Bubble-wrapped NBA readies for relaunch into unknown

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