No dialogue until gov’t apologises, acknowledges 50% raise — teachers
AMMAN — Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Saturday chaired a Cabinet meeting to discuss teachers’ strike after teachers said that their nationwi ...
Project teaches children ‘historical empathy’
Sep 21, 2019
Jordanian wins first place in weightlifting competition
Sep 21, 2019
Nationwide calls urge end, solution to teachers' strike
Sep 21, 2019

Local

FM urges ‘immediate’ measures by UNSC against Israeli violations

By JT - Sep 21, 2019

AMMAN — Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Friday urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) and the international community to take "effective and ...

Public debt still on the rise, hitting JD29.5 billion

By JT - Sep 21, 2019

AMMAN — Jordan’s public debt increased to JD29.5086 billion by the end of July of this year, constituting 94.4 per cent of the estimated gro ...

Jordan, UAE hold workshop on public work excellence

By JT - Sep 21, 2019

AMMAN — A workshop on public work excellence kicked off on Saturday as part of the strategic partnership between Jordan and the United Arab ...

Region

Iran issues 'battlefield' warning as US deploys troops

By AFP - Sep 21, 2019

TEHRAN — Any country that attacks Iran will become the "main battlefield", the Revolutionary Guards warned Saturday after Washington ordered ...

Dozens arrested in Egypt after rare anti-Sisi protests

By AFP - Sep 21, 2019

Yemen rebels announce plan to halt attacks on Saudi Arabia

By AFP - Sep 21, 2019

Turkey says ready for Syria operation ahead of Trump talks

By AFP - Sep 21, 2019

Yemen pounded by war for five years

By AFP - Sep 21, 2019

World

More than 100 arrested in Paris 'yellow vest' protests

By AFP - Sep 21, 2019

PARIS — Over a hundred demonstrators were arrested at yellow vest protests in Paris on Saturday as about 7,500 police were deployed to deal ...

Protests held across Spain  against gender violence

By AFP - Sep 21, 2019

Japan court acquits energy bosses over Fukushima disaster

By AFP - Sep 19, 2019

Supreme court to rule next week on UK parliament suspension

By AFP - Sep 19, 2019

Macron in Rome to turn populist page

By AFP - Sep 18, 2019

Business

Global growth ‘fragile’, ‘under threat’ — Ex-IMF’s Lagarde

By AFP - Sep 21, 2019

WASHINGTON — The former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, warned on Thursday that global growth is "fragile" ...

Liquidity crunch choking Palestinian economy — World Bank
Airbus ups estimate of 20-year demand for new planes

Features

Young female athletes with concussions take longer to recover

By The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) - Sep 21, 2019

By Rita Giordano  PHILADELPHIA — New research from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia suggests that young female athletes who suffer co ...

World unprepared for global pandemic that could wipe out 80 million people
Heart attack treatment gel safe for humans

Sports

Przygonski throws title fight wide open with victory in Jordan Baja

By JT - Sep 21, 2019

AMMAN — Poland’s Jakub Przygonski and German co-driver Timo Gottschalk overcame the hurdle of being first on the road and avoided trouble to ...

Jordan up one spot, to 98th, in FIFA rankings
Poland’s Przygonski wins opening super special at Jordan Baja

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