King honours winners of World Interfaith Harmony Week prize
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday attended the 2018 King Abdullah II World Interfaith Harmony Week prize ceremony at Al Husseiniy ...
Children of Jordanian women and non-Jordanian fathers ‘still struggle for basic rights’ — HRW
Apr 24, 2018
Queen visits Mafraq's Hayyan Rwaybed village
Apr 24, 2018
16-year-old girl killed, seven injured in schoolchildren private minibus crash
Apr 24, 2018

Local

King meets Pakistan’s army commander

By JT - Apr 24, 2018

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday met with Pakistan's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs-of-Staff Gen. ...

Construction contractors boycott gas deal project

By Mohammad Ghazal - Apr 24, 2018

AMMAN — The Jordanian Construction Contractors Association (JCCA) will not compete for any tenders floated by the government to build a gas ...

US Supreme Court rules for Arab Bank over human rights claims

By Reuters - Apr 24, 2018

WASHINGTON, United States — The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that foreign corporations cannot be sued in American courts for human righ ...

Region

UN warns Syria’s Raqqa still ‘too dangerous’ for returnees

By AFP - Apr 24, 2018

GENEVA, Switzerland — The UN is intentionally providing only barebones aid in the former Daesh stronghold of Raqqa in Syria to avoid attract ...

Yemen rebels on defensive after strike takes out leader

By AFP - Apr 24, 2018

‘Syrian gov’t plans to retake north Homs from rebels next’

By Reuters - Apr 24, 2018

Palestinian child’s leg amputated after he was shot by Israeli sniper

By AFP - Apr 24, 2018

Syrian army targets south Damascus insurgent enclave

By Agencies - Apr 23, 2018

World

Women's vote campaigner statue unveiled in London

By AFP - Apr 24, 2018

LONDON — The first statue of a woman in London's Parliament Square was unveiled on Tuesday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women winni ...

Belgian court sentences Paris suspect Abdeslam to 20 years in jail

By AFP - Apr 23, 2018

Suicide attack on Kabul voter registration centre kills 57

By AFP - Apr 22, 2018

Queen marks 92nd birthday with Commonwealth concert

By AFP - Apr 21, 2018

N. Korea's Kim promises no more nuclear or missile tests

By AFP - Apr 21, 2018

Business

Google helps stock markets recover, oil tops $75

By Reuters - Apr 24, 2018

LONDON — World stocks steadied on Tuesday after three sessions of losses, thanks to strong earnings from the likes of Google and as a rise i ...

Armenian PM Sargsyan quits after 11 days of street protests
EU probes Italy's latest Alitalia rescue loan

Features

Inactivity tied to bladder problems in middle-aged men

By Thomson Reuters Foundation - Apr 24, 2018

Middle-aged men who are sedentary much of the day and don’t get a lot of exercise are more likely to develop bladder and urinary tract sympt ...

Many approaches may help children improve ability to manage their behaviour and emotions
Audi RS5 Coupe: Quattro comeback, in name only

Sports

Real need Champions League triumph to salvage poor season

By Agencies - Apr 24, 2018

MADRID/BERLIN — In suffocating August heat at the start of the season Real Madrid stayed ice cool to crush Barcelona 5-1 on aggregate in the ...

Cavaliers, Wizards and Bucks even series
Runners-up spot more important than Cup triumph — Mourinho

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