King follows up on Aqaba Marine Park project progress
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah, accompanied by HRH Crown Prince Hussein, on Wednesday via teleconference, followed up on the progress mad ...
Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank raid
Dec 08, 2022
16 day-campaign against gender-based violence concludes
Dec 08, 2022
Japan provides $110 million budgetary support loan to Jordan
Dec 08, 2022

Local

Young Jordanian cashes in on Karak’s wild saffron

By Rayya Al Muheisen - Dec 08, 2022

AMMAN — A chance encounter with an endangered wild saffron flower has inspired a young Jordanian to start a business focused on the sustaina ...

Arab world cheers Morocco’s historic football win

By Tara Lumley-Savile - Dec 08, 2022

AMMAN — Morocco has made it through to the Qatar 2022 World Cup quarter-finals after winning a tense match against Spain earlier this week a ...

British Council hosts 42 school leaders from MENA in UK

By JT - Dec 08, 2022

AMMAN — The British Council recently gathered 42 of the most influential leaders in the education market from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt an ...

Region

Lebanon MPs again fail to fill vacant presidency

By AFP - Dec 08, 2022

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s divided parliament failed to elect a new president Thursday for a ninth time, despite the damage the political deadlock i ...

China’s Xi meets Saudi crown prince on high-stakes visit

By AFP - Dec 08, 2022

Pumping ‘new black gold’, Saudi DJs sense big opportunities

By AFP - Dec 07, 2022

Al Jazeera takes slain journalist's case to ICC

By AFP - Dec 07, 2022

Tunisia film portrays 'modern and connected' rural youth

Dec 06, 2022

World

Putin vows more strikes on Ukraine energy infrastructure

By AFP - Dec 08, 2022

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday vowed to continue attacking Ukrainian energy systems despite global criticism of strik ...

Germany busts far-right cell plotting to 'overthrow state'

By AFP - Dec 07, 2022

US says it has not 'enabled' Ukraine strikes inside Russia

By AFP - Dec 07, 2022

Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupts, forcing thousands to flee

By AFP - Dec 04, 2022

Russia rejects oil price cap agreed by EU, G-7

By AFP - Dec 03, 2022

Business

EU rejects Hungary blame for fuel shortage

By AFP - Dec 08, 2022

BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Thursday rejected accusations from Hungary that an EU oil price cap on Russian crude was responsible f ...

China's Xi arrives in Saudi Arabia for energy-focused visit
Porsche to join Germany's prestigious DAX index

Features

Armageddon to wet lettuce: The phrases that defined 2022

By AFP - Dec 08, 2022

PARIS — A year of extraordinary upheaval, from the war in Ukraine to catastrophic natural disasters, AFP looks at some of the words and phra ...

Meet the Spanish twin chefs who earned a third Michelin star
Glitzy gala honours legendary artists

Sports

Luka Modric: Croatia’s conductor in his last World Cup

By AFP - Dec 08, 2022

DOHA — Luka Modric said before arriving in Qatar that this World Cup would likely be his last major tournament and he has again orchestrated ...

Mitchell leads Cavaliers over Lakers as ailing Davis sidelined
Morocco trounces Spain in penalty shootout

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