King congratulates newly appointed Abu Dhabi crown prince
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah, in a phone call on Thursday, congratulated Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on his appointm ...
Israeli strikes near Damascus wound two soldiers — Syria
Mar 30, 2023
FM, Chilean counterpart discuss ties over phone
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REACT initiative helps 151,668 Syrian refugee children attend school
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Local

Man jailed for attempted murder

By Rana Husseini - Mar 30, 2023

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a September Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to 12 years in prison after convicting him of ...

Agricultural Fund to grant loans to farmers affected by FMD

By Maria Weldali - Mar 30, 2023

AMMAN — The Ministry of Agriculture, together with the Cooperative Society for Cattle Owners and Milk Producers, agreed to grant loans to fa ...

Mansaf loans signal depth of Jordan’s debt problem, say observers

By Rayya Al Muheisen - Mar 30, 2023

  AMMAN — A financing service provider’s advertisement to give out interest-free loans for mansaf, Jordan’s national dish, has stirred onlin ...

Region

Israel charges settlers with 'terror' for attacking Palestinians

By AFP - Mar 30, 2023

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — An Israeli court on Thursday charged two Jewish settlers with "committing an act of terror" for attacking Palestinians ...

UAE president names son as crown prince, presumed future leader

By AFP - Mar 30, 2023

US slaps sanctions on Syria's Assad's cousins over captagon drug

By AFP - Mar 28, 2023

Egyptians cling to Ramadan charity as inflation soars

By AFP - Mar 28, 2023

Iraq changes electoral law, sparking opposition anger

By AFP - Mar 27, 2023

World

Charles warns Europe's security under threat in German speech

By AFP - Mar 30, 2023

BERLIN — King Charles III called Russia's war in Ukraine a threat to Europe's democratic values in the first speech made by a monarch at the ...

Rights body raps Europe for 'inhuman' treatment of migrants

Mar 30, 2023

Biden, seeing 'turning point' for democracy, offers funding push

By AFP - Mar 29, 2023

IAEA warns of 'increasing' military activity near Ukraine nuclear plant

By AFP - Mar 29, 2023

At least 39 migrants dead in Mexico detention centre fire

By AFP - Mar 28, 2023

Business

EU deal to nearly double renewable energy by 2030

By AFP - Mar 30, 2023

BRUSSELS — The European Union reached a deal Thursday to almost double the share of renewables in the 27-nation bloc's energy consumption by ...

Orange Jordan celebrates Marigny’s achievements, welcomes Mansour as new CEO
Room for one more? Saudi moves in on Gulf aviation market

Features

Scientists offer ‘non-alien explanation’ for interstellar visitor

By AFP - Mar 30, 2023

  PARIS — When the first object ever known to have visited the Earth’s Solar System from outer space zoomed past in 2017, it was so strange ...

Giant meatball from extinct mammoth unveiled by food tech firm
‘Cleanfluencers’ sweep TikTok

Sports

Verstappen looks for reliability as Perez lurks

By AFP - Mar 30, 2023

MELBOURNE — Two-time world champion Max Verstappen is banking on Red Bull ironing out its reliability issues as he targets a second Formula ...

Alcaraz blasts Paul to set up Fritz clash, Medvedev cruises
Rybakina, Sabalenka march on in Miami, Pegula advances

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