King directs army to dispatch military field hospital to Lebanon
AMMAN - Upon the directives of His Majesty King Abdullah, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, Chairman of the Joint ...
Airport reopening postponed as global virus cases soar
Aug 04, 2020
Cabinet endorses global partnership on sanitation, potable water for all
Aug 04, 2020
Two explosions rock Beirut, dozens wounded
Aug 04, 2020

Local

King expresses condolences to Lebanon president over victims of Beirut port explosion, says Jordan ready to provide support

By JT - Aug 05, 2020

Amman — His Majesty King Abdullah has sent a cable to Lebanon President Michel Aoun, expressing condolences over the victims of the Beirut p ...

Jordan’s ‘harsh’ anti-virus measures pay off — PM

By JT - Aug 04, 2020

AMMAN — The Kingdom has reached “the best-case scenario” in curbing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Omar Razzaz has s ...

Stakeholders call for setting up unified national agency to monitor food safety

By Rana Husseini - Aug 04, 2020

AMMAN — The General Director of the Jordan Poultry Producers Association Salah Sabra on Monday called for the establishment of a national fo ...

Region

Armageddon’ at Beirut hospitals after blast hurt medics, patients alike

By AFP - Aug 05, 2020

BEIRUT — His head bandaged just like his patients, Dr Antoine Qurban said on Tuesday's enormous blast brought "Armageddon" to Beirut's overw ...

Floods affect more than 50,000 in Sudan — UN

By AFP - Aug 05, 2020

Disabled Gaza couple make dolls to give their children 'decent life'

By AFP - Aug 04, 2020

Israel launches air strikes on Syria after alleged border attack

By AFP - Aug 04, 2020

Egypt invites Musk after ‘aliens built pyramids’ tweet

By AFP - Aug 04, 2020

World

Intensive farming heightens pandemic risk — study

By AFP - Aug 05, 2020

PARIS — Intensive farming makes future pandemics such as COVID-19 more likely as wild animals carrying diseases known to infect humans are f ...

‘Urgent deployment’ of rescuers to Beirut — EU

By AFP - Aug 05, 2020

'No silver bullet' for virus, WHO warns, as cases top 18 million

By AFP - Aug 04, 2020

From Manhattan to Hiroshima: the race for the atom bomb

By AFP - Aug 04, 2020

WHO urges Russia to follow guidelines on vaccine

By AFP - Aug 04, 2020

Business

Samsung unveils new version of folding smartphone

By AFP - Aug 05, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Samsung on Wednesday unveiled an upgraded version of its folding smartphone along with other devices aiming to jump-start sa ...

Stocks rise as US stimulus seems close
Oil giant BP plunges into $16.8b quarterly loss

Features

How to deal with frustrating computer crashes

By Jean-Claude Elias - Aug 05, 2020

Experiencing a computer sudden crash or freezing is annoying and unpleasant. ...

Back on track: Europe’s fading night trains win reprieve
Computer chips by Intel : Should one go for i7 or for i5?

Sports

Doncic triple gets Mavericks off mark, Clippers, Bucks fall

By AFP - Aug 05, 2020

ORLANDO — Luka Doncic delivered a monster triple-double performance as the Dallas Mavericks bagged their first win of the NBA’s relaunched s ...

Mercedes’ Hamilton enjoys double success with sense of relief
Bubble-wrapped NBA readies for relaunch into unknown

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