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Investment minister discusses investment strategies with UK officials

May 01, 2024

LONDON — Investment Minister Kholoud Saqqaf met in London with UK Minister of State for Middle Eastern Affairs Lord (Tariq) Ahmed over strat ...

Umm ar-Rasas: Delving into burial rituals during Roman, Byzantine times

By Saeb Rawashdeh - May 01, 2024

AMMAN — Kastron Mefa'a (Umm ar-Rasas) is located 30 kilometres southeast of Madaba, in central Jordan. ...

JAF carries out 3 more airdrops into Northern Gaza

By JT - May 01, 2024

AMMAN — The Jordanian Armed Forces – Arab Army (JAF), in cooperation with other countries, carried out on Wednesday three airdrops into the ...

Region

Blinken urges Hamas to agree Gaza truce as he meets Israel leaders

By AFP - May 02, 2024

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Top US diplomat Antony Blinken urged Hamas to accept a truce in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, after Israeli Prime Minist ...

Israeli offensive on Rafah would be 'unbearable escalation' — UN chief

May 01, 2024

Host Saudi warns of economic fallout from Gaza war at global summit

By AFP - Apr 29, 2024

Israeli land grabs spike in West Bank during Gaza war

By AFP - Apr 26, 2024

Hizbollah denies Israel claim it killed half of commanders in south

By AFP - Apr 26, 2024

World

Tens of thousands rally in Georgia against ‘foreign influence’ bill

By AFP - May 02, 2024

TBILISI — Tens of thousands of people rallied on Wednesday in Georgia against a controversial “foreign influence” bill, after parliament adv ...

Istanbul police clash with May Day protesters

By AFP - May 02, 2024

Judge threatens Trump with jail over gag order violations

By AFP - May 01, 2024

Russia says captured another village in eastern Ukraine

By AFP - Apr 30, 2024

‘No hero’: UK’s modest D-Day veterans keep history alive

By AFP - Apr 29, 2024

Business

China's new aircraft carrier conducts first sea trials

By AFP - May 02, 2024

BEIJING — China's Fujian aircraft carrier took to the water for maiden sea trials on Wednesday, state media said, a key next step in a vast ...

Microsoft CEO pledges $1.7b AI, cloud investment in Indonesia
RJ holds virtual annual general meeting, issues financial results of 2023

Features

Paul Auster: Cool narrator of noirish New York

By AFP - May 02, 2024

PARIS — American author Paul Auster who made his name with noirish, existentialist novels about lonely writers, outsiders and down-and-outer ...

Japan bridal wear pioneer Yumi Katsura dies at 94
Louvre says Mona Lisa could get a room of her own

Sports

Vinicius hits brace as Real Madrid come back to snatch draw at Bayern

By AFP - May 02, 2024

MUNICH, Germany — Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior scored a double, including an 83rd-minute equalising penalty, to snatch a 2-2 draw at ...

League enters final month
Iconic shared Olympic gold moment will not be repeated, says Barshim


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