King participates in trilateral summit with Egyptian, Palestinian presidents in Cairo
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a trilateral summit ...
King, Egyptian president in Cairo discuss ties, regional developments
Sep 02, 2021
King accepts credentials of new ambassadors to Jordan
Sep 02, 2021
Truce comes into force in Syria's Daraa after weeks of fighting
Sep 02, 2021

Local

Royal initiatives: Issawi inaugurates projects in Aqaba, Maan

By JT - Sep 02, 2021

AMMAN — Royal Court Chief Yousef Issawi on Thursday inaugurated Royal initiative projects in Aqaba and Maan, established in implementation o ...

Emerging talents revel in limelight as curtain falls on Amman Int’l Film Festival

By Hanna Davis - Sep 02, 2021

  AMMAN — The glowing Amman skyline provided a fitting backdrop for the closing ceremony of the Amman International Film Festival (AIFF) on ...

Palestine refugee students return to in-class education

By JT - Sep 02, 2021

AMMAN — Palestine refugee students in Jordan on Wednesday returned to school for the first day of the 2021-2022 school year. More than 119,0 ...

Region

Israel says it further eases Gaza restrictions despite unrest

By AFP - Sep 02, 2021

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel said Wednesday it will expand Gaza's fishing zone, increase its water supply and allow more Palestinian traders ...

UN allocates $10m to ensure fuel for Lebanon hospitals

By AFP - Sep 01, 2021

Tunisia plants seeds of hope against climate change

By AFP - Sep 01, 2021

Iran’s Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian says invited to Paris

By AFP - Aug 31, 2021

Activists go into hiding as South Sudan warns against protests

By AFP - Aug 30, 2021

World

French court acquits separatist Basque leader

By AFP - Sep 02, 2021

PARIS — A Paris court on Wednesday acquitted former Basque separatist leader Josu Ternera on charges of participating in a terrorist organis ...

Taliban parade as Biden defends US pullout

By AFP - Sep 02, 2021

Taliban celebrate defeating the United States

By AFP - Aug 31, 2021

Ida death toll edges upward as US South surveys damage

By AFP - Aug 31, 2021

Daesh claims rocket attack on Kabul airport

By AFP - Aug 30, 2021

Business

Google to appeal 500m euro French fine in copyright row

By AFP - Sep 01, 2021

PARIS — Google on Wednesday said it is appealing a decision by France's competition watchdog to hand it a 500 million-euro ($590 million) fi ...

Egypt signs Med-Red Sea high-speed rail link deal
US consumer confidence drops sharply in August

Features

Myocarditis risk higher for COVID than for vaccines

By AFP - Sep 01, 2021

WASHINGTON — COVID-19 increases the risk of developing myocarditis (heart inflammation) by a factor of 16, providing a strong argument in fa ...

AI’s human protein database a ‘great leap’ for research
MG T60 2.8L 4x4 Double Cab: Taking on the truck world

Sports

Taekwondo makes Paralympic debut as Storey pedals to glory

By AFP - Sep 02, 2021

TOKYO — Afghan athlete Zakia Khudadadi, who escaped Kabul after the Taliban takeover, competed in taekwondo's Paralympic debut in Tokyo on T ...

Germany’s ‘Blade Jumper’ gets gold at Tokyo Games
Storey wins ‘race of truth’ for record 16th Paralympics gold

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