King, Egypt president discuss ties, regional developments
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held talks on Monday that covered the deep-rooted bilateral re ...
Israeli authorities approve new West Bank settlements — group
Jan 17, 2021
Education ministry announces measures to be taken for students’ return to school next semester
Jan 17, 2021
Biden to sign executive orders on Day 1, amid high alert
Jan 17, 2021

Local

His Majesty to participate in WEF’s Davos Agenda in late January

By JT - Jan 18, 2021

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah is scheduled to participate in the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda meetings held virtually between Jan ...

Jordan condemns new Israeli settlement activities

By JT - Jan 17, 2021

AMMAN — Jordan on Sunday condemned Israeli authorities’ approval of constructing 780 new settlement units in the occupied Palestinian territ ...

'Jordan becomes 40th country in coronavirus infections'

By JT - Jan 17, 2021

AMMAN — Jordan has ranked 40th worldwide in terms of the number of infections of COVID-19 out of 221 countries mentioned on the infection li ...

Region

Yemen clashes near Hodeida kill 150 in a week — military sources

By AFP - Jan 18, 2021

HODEIDA, Yemen — Some 150 Yemeni pro-government soldiers and Houthi rebels have been killed in a week of fighting south of the strategic por ...

At least 83 killed in fighting in Sudan's Darfur — medics

By AFP - Jan 17, 2021

Sudan protesters burn Israeli flag in rally against deal

By AFP - Jan 17, 2021

Egypt unveils treasures found at ancient site

By AFP - Jan 17, 2021

Iran test-fires ballistic missiles on targets at sea

By AFP - Jan 17, 2021

World

Russia offers vaccines to all as UK quarantines travellers

By AFP - Jan 18, 2021

MOSCOW — Russia on Monday began offering its coronavirus vaccine to any citizen that wants one, while Britain enforced a quarantine on incom ...

Biden pushes unity two days before taking over crisis-laden White House

By AFP - Jan 18, 2021

Europe seeks to ease vaccine concerns as virus curbs intensify

By AFP - Jan 17, 2021

Gunmen assassinate two Afghan women judges in Kabul ambush

By AFP - Jan 17, 2021

US carries out last federal execution of Trump era — reports

By AFP - Jan 17, 2021

Business

Markets struggle as coronavirus jabs delayed

By AFP - Jan 17, 2021

NEW YORK — Stock markets struggled on Friday as investors weighed a coronavirus vaccine delay against US President-elect Joe Biden's $1.9 tr ...

Stellantis is born as Peugeot and Fiat complete their merger
New US jobless claims shot up by 181,000 last week— gov’t

Features

For the sake of art and the environment

By Ica Wahbeh - Jan 17, 2021

AMMAN — Every election cycle, hundreds of thousands of square metres of non-biodegradable flex material and an equal amount of wood slats us ...

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Samsung unveils S21 smartphone lineup, cuts price from last year

Sports

PSG beat Angers to go top of Ligue 1

By AFP - Jan 17, 2021

PARIS — A rare Layvin Kurzawa goal was enough for Paris Saint-Germain to beat Angers 1-0 on Saturday and go top of Ligue 1 despite coach Mau ...

Antetokounmpo propels Bucks over Mavs, James leads Lakers past Pelicans
Pogba takes Man United top with win at Burnley

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