Local

King to participate in trilateral summit with Sisi, Iraqi PM

By JT - Mar 24, 2019

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah is scheduled to participate in a trilateral summit in Cairo today with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El ...

Court upholds sentence for man convicted of wife’s murder

By Rana Husseini - Mar 23, 2019

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a Criminal Court ruling sentencing a 51-year-old Syrian electrician to 20 years in prison after co ...

Hundreds gather downtown to protest Jordan-Israel gas deal

By Mohammad Ghazal - Mar 23, 2019

AMMAN — Hundreds of Jordanians took to the streets on Friday demanding the termination of a gas deal between Jordan’s National Electric Powe ...

Region

Syria force takes Daesh bastion, 'caliphate' wiped out

By AFP - Mar 24, 2019

BAGHOUZ, Syria — Kurdish-led forces pronounced the death of the Daesh group's nearly five-year-old "caliphate" Saturday after flushing out d ...

Libya protesters demand release of Qadhafi-era spy chief

By AFP - Mar 23, 2019

Hundreds of thousands of Algerians rally against Bouteflika

By Reuters - Mar 23, 2019

Syria Kurd autonomy under threat after Daesh ‘caliphate’ falls

By AFP - Mar 23, 2019

Egypt court refers Nile islanders case to experts

By AFP - Mar 23, 2019

World

Muslims return to Christchurch mosque as New Zealand works to move on

By AFP - Mar 23, 2019

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Muslims prayed at Christchurch's main mosque on Saturday for the first time since a white supremacist massacred ...

New Zealand bans assault weapons within days of massacre

Mar 21, 2019

New Zealand begins funerals for mosque shooting victims, PM visits school

By Reuters - Mar 20, 2019

Brazil leader, wooing Trump, opens base to US rockets

By AFP - Mar 19, 2019

Dutch police arrest tram attack suspect after huge manhunt

By AFP - Mar 18, 2019

Features

Back to the future: Cassettes launch comeback tour

By AFP - Mar 23, 2019

The humble cassette — that tiny little plastic rectangle containing the homemade mixtapes of yesteryear — is back, joining vinyl as a darlin ...

Interval training burns off more kilogrammes than jogging or cycling
Want to turn off the Internet? It could happen if a solar storm hits the Earth

Sports

Mourinho eyes comeback and 3rd Champions League

By AFP - Mar 23, 2019

BASEL — Jose Mourinho is gunning for a return to top level management and a third Champions League title, the former Real Madrid and Manches ...

Grizzlies top Rockets in overtime despite Harden’s 57 points
Andreescu keen to ensure injuries do not block her meteoric rise

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