Local

4th phase of repatriation of Jordanians abroad commences

By JT - Jul 11, 2020

AMMAN — The Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, in coordination with security entities and Queen Alia International Airport authorities, on Satur ...

Response to economic fallout from COVID-19 begins to yield results — CBJ

By JT - Jul 11, 2020

AMMAN — The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) has managed to preserve the exchange rate of the dinar and a "comfortable" level of foreign currenc ...

Medical doctors association decries ‘exploitative’ residency system 

By Maram Kayed - Jul 11, 2020

AMMAN — Hundreds of residency doctors are complaining about being “forced by hospitals in the public and private sectors to work free of cha ...

Region

Ten million face acute food shortages in Yemen — UN

By AFP - Jul 11, 2020

GENEVA — Nearly 10 million people are facing acute food shortages in Yemen and urgent action is needed to avert a famine, the UN's World Foo ...

New Tunisia protests over unemployment

By AFP - Jul 11, 2020

Erdogan rebuffs criticism over Hagia Sophia conversion to mosque

By AFP - Jul 11, 2020

We face famine or virus: Syria’s displaced alarmed at aid impasse

By AFP - Jul 11, 2020

Russia, China veto UN extension of cross-border aid in Syria

By AFP - Jul 08, 2020

World

Bosnia Muslims mourn their dead 25 years after Srebrenica massacre

By AFP - Jul 11, 2020

SREBRENICA, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Bosnian Muslims marked the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre on Saturday, the worst atrocity ...

WHO urges aggressive virus measures as flare-ups spark new closures

By AFP - Jul 11, 2020

Nearly 300 wildfires in Siberia amid record warm weather

By AFP - Jul 11, 2020

Panic-buying returns as Melbourne braces for lengthy lockdown

By AFP - Jul 08, 2020

Rain pounds central Japan as 61 feared dead in south

By AFP - Jul 08, 2020

Business

IMF warns cutting spending too soon could derail recovery

By AFP - Jul 11, 2020

WASHINGTON —As governments rushed out funding to prevent an economic collapse amid the coronavirus pandemic, global public debt swelled to t ...

Stocks advance on hopes for virus treatment, EU deal
UK pharmacy Boots says to cut over 4,000 jobs

Features

Malnutrition in poorer nations costs firms up to $850 billion

By AFP - Jul 11, 2020

PARIS — Hunger, poor nutrition and obesity not only present a health burden in developing countries but carry a hidden economic penalty that ...

Brain problems linked to even mild virus infections
Knowledge, as we used to know it

Sports

Draw sees possible Barcelona-Bayern clash in Lisbon

By AFP - Jul 11, 2020

PARIS — Barcelona and Bayern Munich will meet in a blockbuster Champions League quarter-final should both sides make it through, after Frida ...

Champions League draw comes with UEFA hoping virus doesn't ruin plans for Lisbon finale
Zlatan fires Milan comeback as Juventus miss chance

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