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Drug dealer jailed for 5 years

By Rana Husseini - Aug 02, 2021

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a January State Security Court (SSC) ruling, sentencing a drug dealer to five years in prison afte ...

First virtual exhibition for food industries to be held in November — Trade Ministry

By JT - Aug 02, 2021

AMMAN — Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Maha Ali on Monday announced the first virtual exhibition for food industries, the Jordan New ...

5.5% of SSC subscribers work in hazardous professions — study

By Rayya Al Muheisen - Aug 02, 2021

AMMAN — A total of 64,858 people — 7,595 females and 57,263 males — worked in hazardous professions and were subscribed to the Social Securi ...

Region

Iran warns against any action over tanker

By AFP - Aug 02, 2021

TEHRAN — Iran vowed on Monday to respond to any "adventurism", its foreign ministry said, after the US and Britain joined Israel in blaming ...

EU sends help to Turkey as wildfire death toll hits eight

By AFP - Aug 02, 2021

Israel’s top court delays decision on Sheikh Jarrah evictions

By AFP - Aug 02, 2021

A year after the mushroom cloud, Lebanon still bleeds

By AFP - Aug 01, 2021

Three Hizbollah among 5 dead in Lebanon funeral ambush — security source

By AFP - Aug 01, 2021

World

Afghan fighting rages as US and UK accuse Taliban of massacring civilians

By AFP - Aug 02, 2021

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghan forces battled to stop a first major city from falling to the Taliban on Monday as the United States and Brit ...

Fires across southern Europe force hundreds to evacuate

By AFP - Aug 01, 2021

Chinese cities test millions as virus cases surge

By AFP - Aug 01, 2021

Afghan forces bomb Taliban fighters to repel assaults on key cities

By AFP - Aug 01, 2021

China outbreak spreads as WHO sounds alarm on Delta

By AFP - Aug 01, 2021

Business

Zoom to settle US privacy lawsuit for $85m

By AFP - Aug 02, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — Zoom, the videoconferencing firm, has agreed to settle a class-action US privacy lawsuit for $85 million, it said on Sunday. ...

Arab Bank Group H1 net profit grows by 20%
Amazon fined 746m euros in Luxembourg over data privacy

Features

Lamborghini Urus: The supercar as an SUV

By Ghaith Madadha - Aug 02, 2021

Purveyors of extreme machines almost from the outset, Lamborghini could credibly be credited with defining both the modern supercar’s mid-en ...

Study confirms ancient Spanish cave art was made by Neanderthals
No ‘eureka moment’: The evolution of climate science

Sports

Denmark’s Axelsen takes badminton gold

By AFP - Aug 02, 2021

TOKYO — Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen received royal approval after winning badminton gold Monday to break Asia’s stranglehold, then warned he in ...

World’s top two teams face make-or-break Olympic hoops clash
Italy’s Jacobs wins first post-Bolt Olympic 100m gold

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