King offers condolences to families of fallen officers
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, on Monday visited the families of an officer ...
Officials say suspected terror cell was ‘prepared to carry larger-scale’ attacks
Aug 13, 2018
Crown Prince attends signing of students’ empowerment programme memo
Aug 13, 2018
Officials warn against false news ‘igniting national fear’
Aug 13, 2018

Local

Only 14.5% of aid requested to support refugees received

By JT - Aug 13, 2018

AMMAN — Jordan has only received 14.5 per cent of aid required to finance the Jordan Response Plan to Syrian crisis (JRP) so far this year. ...

Students advised to consider job demand before filling university applications

By Renad Aljadid - Aug 13, 2018

AMMAN — The Civil Service Bureau (CSB) has called on Tawjihi students to give priority to university majors most demanded in the local marke ...

Breeding bird species in ‘notable decline’ in Ajloun Forest Reserve

By Hana Namrouqa - Aug 13, 2018

AMMAN — Densities and populations of most breeding bird species in Ajloun Forest Reserve have “considerably declined” over the past three ye ...

Region

Egypt voices concern over Red Sea security after Houthi attack

By Reuters - Aug 13, 2018

CAIRO — Egypt’s president said on Monday Cairo was deeply concerned about security in the Red Sea following an attack by Yemen’s Houthis on ...

Turkey-US: a timeline of plummeting relations

By AFP - Aug 13, 2018

More Syrians leave Lebanon in organised return home

By AFP - Aug 13, 2018

No war, no negotiations with the US — Iran

By AFP - Aug 13, 2018

20,000-30,000 Daesh fighters left in Iraq, Syria — UN report

By AFP - Aug 13, 2018

World

Two Koreas to hold third summit of Kim, Moon next month

By Reuters - Aug 13, 2018

SEOUL — North and South Korea agreed on Monday to hold a summit in Pyongyang in September, another step towards boosting cooperation between ...

Greek island of Evia on fire, villages evacuated

By AFP - Aug 13, 2018

Mali in presidential run-off in shadow of security crisis

By AFP - Aug 13, 2018

Mali's Keita on track for second term in election runoff

By AFP - Aug 12, 2018

Migrant rescue ship docks in Spain after Italy refusal

By AFP - Aug 09, 2018

Business

Division, confusion in the Chinese street over how China should respond to trade war

By Reuters - Aug 13, 2018

BEIJING/SHANGHAI — Chinese officials have been mostly measured and moderate in their response to US President Donald Trump's ratcheting up o ...

China’s CNPC takes over Total’s share in Iran gas project
Kenya arrests two top officials for suspected corruption over new $3 billion railway

Features

Girls with obesity have increased risk of depression

By Thomson Reuters Foundation - Aug 13, 2018

Obese girls are more likely to develop depression during childhood and adolescence than their peers who weigh less, a research review sugges ...

Infiniti Q50 2.0t: Swooping, spacious sports saloon
Online daters aim ‘out of their league’

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