King inaugurates Judicial Institute’s new premises, receives Judicial Council’s report
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday inaugurated the new premises of the Judicial Institute of Jordan, which aims to build judicial c ...
Gov’t, associations reach agreement to raise professional union members’ salaries
Dec 09, 2019
Gov't presents draft budget law to Lower House
Dec 09, 2019
Lower House okays referral of two former ministers to court
Dec 09, 2019

Local

Women at disadvantage in accessing labour market, employment — SIGI

By JT - Dec 09, 2019

AMMAN — Only 13.8 per cent of women who were previously married are working, while 85.5 per cent have never worked and 7 per cent are lookin ...

World Bank report, economists outline requirements for job creation

By Bahaa Al Deen Al Nawas - Dec 09, 2019

AMMAN — The World Bank Group recently published the report "Job Diagnostics in Jordan", which covers the labour market in the Kingdom, Jorda ...

7th bank robbery of the year sees armed men get away with a mere JD53 — police

By Rana Husseini - Dec 09, 2019

AMMAN — Two armed men have reportedly robbed a bank in Amman at gunpoint and escaped only with JD53, police said on Sunday.  The two alleged ...

Region

Protests grip Iraq's capital, south despite rising toll

By AFP - Dec 09, 2019

BAGHDAD — Thousands of Iraqi protesters streamed into streets and public squares in the capital and restive south on Sunday, saying they wer ...

Around 200 displaced Syrians leave Al Hol camp — Kurds

By AFP - Dec 09, 2019

Pro-poll regime trolls counter Algeria protest activists

By AFP - Dec 08, 2019

Sudan’s first female football stars push for women’s rights

By AFP - Dec 08, 2019

Air strikes kill five pro-Iran fighters in Syria — monitor

By AFP - Dec 08, 2019

World

At least 43 killed in ‘horrific’ factory fire in India’s capital

By AFP - Dec 08, 2019

NEW DELHI — At least 43 people were killed on Sunday in a devastating fire that ripped through a bag factory in the congested old quarter of ...

Russia not an enemy? Macron’s Moscow strategy faces first test

By AFP - Dec 08, 2019

UK election rivals face off for final time ahead of poll

By AFP - Dec 07, 2019

New EU chief pledges to back Africa on Ethiopia trip

By AFP - Dec 07, 2019

Canada’s minority government faces first test

By AFP - Dec 06, 2019

Business

Transport chaos as French strike bites

By AFP - Dec 08, 2019

PARIS — Public transport in France was crippled for a fourth day on Sunday as the government prepared to respond to anger over pension refor ...

France rejects ‘optional’ US digital tax proposal
OPEC considers deeper output cuts as global growth slows

Features

Solidarity as a question of identity

By Sally Bland - Dec 08, 2019

Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Countries of Colour Michael R. Fischbach California: Stanford University Press, 2019 Pp. ...

Diet downfall: the power of suggestion
Vaping linked to rare lung disease tied to exposure to hard metal

Sports

Juve defeat at Lazio throws open Serie A title race

By AFP - Dec 08, 2019

TURIN, Italy — Italian champions Juventus suffered their first defeat of the season Saturday with a 3-1 loss against Lazio in Rome blowing o ...

Chelsea look for new signings in January after transfer ban cut
Man United inflict first Spurs defeat on Mourinho

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