France ADP Group raises its stake in AIG to 51%
AMMAN — Airport International Group (AIG) and international airport operator Groupe Aéroports de Paris (ADP) on Thursday announced a new acq ...
Crown Prince checks on Royal Court’s public service department
Apr 19, 2018
Student movement denounces privatisation of campus cafeterias
Apr 19, 2018
King receives message from Ivory Coast president
Apr 19, 2018

Local

Court bans ride-hailing app Careem in Jordan

By Mohammad Ghazal - Apr 19, 2018

AMMAN — West Amman Court issued a ruling on Thursday banning taxi hailing app Careem from operating in the Kingdom. Mahmoud Kharabsheh, a la ...

Momani says US decision to relocate its embassy to Jerusalem is ‘null and void’

By JT - Apr 19, 2018

AMMAN — Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani on Thursday reconfirmed that the US decision to relocate its embassy to Jerusale ...

WANA, FES launch second book on regional challenges

By Andrea López-Tomàs - Apr 19, 2018

AMMAN — A book highlighting the main challenges faced by Jordan and the WANA region was launched on Thursday by the West Asia-North Africa ( ...

Region

Surprise Daesh attack kills 25 regime forces in east Syria — monitor

By AFP - Apr 19, 2018

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Daesh terrorist group launched a surprise attack near a town in eastern Syria that they had lost six months ago, killi ...

Wounded Gaza cyclist to miss Asian Games after amputation

By Reuters - Apr 19, 2018

Election fever hits Lebanon, nine years since last legislative vote

By AFP - Apr 19, 2018

Saudi cinema launch ends decades-old ban, public screenings start Friday

By Reuters - Apr 19, 2018

Morocco’s child maids suffer like ‘slaves’

By AFP - Apr 19, 2018

World

France’s CGT urges broader anti-Macron protests; other unions keep their distance

By Reuters - Apr 19, 2018

PARIS — France's far-left CGT labour union sought to broaden resistance to hard-hitting economic reforms on Thursday, urging employees acros ...

Secret CIA trip to North Korea raises odds for Trump-Kim summit

By AFP - Apr 18, 2018

Airlines inspecting Boeing 737 engines after fatal Southwest incident

By Reuters - Apr 18, 2018

France’s Macron warns EU divisions like ‘civil war’

By AFP - Apr 17, 2018

South Koreans may visit North again ahead of first summit in decade

By Reuters - Apr 17, 2018

Business

Oil price soars to highest level in years on Mideast woes

By AFP - Apr 19, 2018

LONDON — Oil surged on Thursday close to 3.5-year peaks on simmering Mideast tensions and keen US demand, while London stocks rose with drug ...

IMF warns of risks as central banks tighten
IMF envisages solid global growth for 2019

Features

Access all areas? Using data to disabled navigate cities

By Thomson Reuters Foundation - Apr 19, 2018

BARCELONA — Entrepreneur Josep Esteba became so frustrated trying to get around his native Spain in a wheelchair for more than 20 years that ...

Fiery pepper causes ‘thunderclap’ headache
The Internet and the need for speed

Sports

As driving career ends Patrick remains driven

By Reuters - Apr 19, 2018

NEW YORK — Danica Patrick may soon no longer be a race car driver, but the only woman to win an IndyCar race remains as driven as ever as sh ...

Under-strength Barca survive Celta fightback to stay unbeaten
Max needs to think more, says Verstappen’s father

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