Jordan reaffirms decision on Baqoura and Ghumar lands
AMMAN — The Foreign Ministry on Wednesday stressed that Jordan is not going to renew the lease of its lands in Baqoura and Ghumar to Israeli ...
IMF chief urges women never to accept less than men
Oct 16, 2019
Queen visits Women of Al Balqa’s Himmeh Charity Association
Oct 16, 2019
Al-Ississ heads Jordan delegation at annual World Bank meetings
Oct 16, 2019

Local

UNESCO board endorses draft resolution on Jerusalem

By JT - Oct 16, 2019

AMMAN — UNESCO’s Executive Board has unanimously endorsed a draft resolution on the city of Jerusalem and its walls during its 207th session ...

Cultural preservation to bring bedouins of region to Jordan

By JT - Oct 16, 2019

AMMAN — Bedouins from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and the Occupied Palestinian Territories will gather in Wadi Rum on October 19 with the aim of ...

Police widen crackdown against illegal firearms, festive firing

By JT - Oct 16, 2019

AMMAN — The Public Security Department (PSD) on Wednesday announced the arrest of 39 individuals in various parts of the Kingdom during the ...

Region

Turkey defiant on Syria operation as US demands ceasefire

By AFP - Oct 16, 2019

CEYLANPINAR, Turkey — Turkey rebuffed international pressure to curb its military offensive against Kurdish militants in Syria on Wednesday ...

Sudan peace negotiations stall as rebel group halts talks over attack

By AFP - Oct 16, 2019

Daesh prisoners in north-eastern Syria: What we know

By AFP - Oct 16, 2019

What next for Tunisia’s new president?

By AFP - Oct 16, 2019

Turkey’s Halkbank says US sanctions case punishment for Syria operation

By AFP - Oct 16, 2019

World

Kim’s horseback ride spurs policy shift speculation

By AFP - Oct 16, 2019

SEOUL — New pictures of Kim Jong-un riding a white horse uthrough a winter landscape to the summit of Mount Paektu, a sacred peak for North  ...

Europe must brace for new refugee wave ­— Greek PM

By AFP - Oct 16, 2019

Macron, Merkel meet to harmonise positions before EU summit

By AFP - Oct 16, 2019

Duke, Duchess of Cambridge Britain’s on an official visit to Pakistan

By undefined - Oct 15, 2019

Russia bids farewell to first man who walked in space

By AFP - Oct 15, 2019

Business

China’s GDP growth slows to 6 per cent in third quarter

By AFP - Oct 16, 2019

BEIJING — China's economy expanded at its slowest rate in nearly three decades during the third quarter, held back by cooling domestic deman ...

IMF warns global outlook ‘precarious’, no room for policy mistakes
Putin in Abu Dhabi seeking $1.3 billion in investments

Features

Google in smartphone push with motion-sensing Pixel 4

By AFP - Oct 16, 2019

NEW YORK/ SAN FRANCISCO — Google stepped up its smartphone ambitions on Tuesday with updated Pixel handsets, touting a move towards computin ...

1 in 3 young children undernourished or overweight — UNICEF
Aston Martin DBS Superleggera: Beauty and beast singularly personified

Sports

‘Best ever’ Biles hails record 25 world medals

By AFP - Oct 16, 2019

STUTTGART, Germany — US gymnastics star Simone Biles won her fifth gold medal in the women’s floor final Sunday to conclude her “best ever” ...

Ukraine reaches Euro 2020 as racism blights England win in Bulgaria
Koreas draw in blacked-out World Cup qualifier

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