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Polar front subsides, depression moves to northeast Iraq — JMD

By Hana Namrouqa - Jan 17, 2019

AMMAN — Authorities evacuated, between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, 131 snowbound people, after a deep, fast-moving polar front bro ...

King expresses condolences over Kenya terror attack victims, condemns ‘cowardly’ act

By JT - Jan 17, 2019

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday sent a cable of condolences to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta over the victims of a terror at ...

Yemen's warring parties hopeful on prisoner swap as Hodeida stalls

By Reuters - Jan 17, 2019

AMMAN — Yemen's warring parties hope to deliver final lists of prisoners to the United Nations after talks in Amman on Thursday under an exc ...

Region

‘US sees Palestinian state on most of West Bank, some of East Jerusalem’

By Reuters - Jan 17, 2019

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli television said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan would propose a Palestinia ...

Syria Daesh attack undermines Trump's victory claims

By AFP - Jan 17, 2019

Big strike paralyses Tunisia, thousands protest over pay row

By Reuters - Jan 17, 2019

Lebanese lawmaker fights ‘degrading’ citizenship law against women

By Thomson Reuters Foundation - Jan 17, 2019

Netanyahu set for first-ever visit by Israeli PM to Chad

By AFP - Jan 17, 2019

World

France should halt use of controversial riot guns

By AFP - Jan 17, 2019

PARIS — France's rights chief called on Thursday for the government to suspend use of riot guns which have reportedly injured dozens of peop ...

Serial rebel with designs on Downing Street

By AFP - Jan 16, 2019

Trump’s pick for attorney general faces questions on Russia probe

By Reuters - Jan 15, 2019

EU intervenes on Brexit deal on eve of UK vote

By AFP - Jan 14, 2019

Congo should recount presidential election vote — southern African bloc

By Reuters - Jan 13, 2019

Business

Germany considers barring Huawei from 5G networks

By Reuters - Jan 17, 2019

BERLIN — The German government is debating whether to follow the United States and allies like Australia in restricting China's Huawei Techn ...

Vietnam’s newest airline Bamboo takes first flight
Saudi energy minister 'very optimistic' about oil market

Features

New retail tools aim to solve e-commerce profit dilemma

By AFP - Jan 17, 2019

NEW YORK — Conventional wisdom in the Amazon era holds that the lowest price wins the battle of the retailers, leading many to just about gi ...

The computer inside your computer
Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week

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