Housing developers stop strike after gov’t promises by-law suspension
AMMAN — Housing developers have suspended a week-long work strike started earlier this week to protest the recently endorsed building by-law ...
Mulki inaugurates Qweirah solar energy station
Apr 26, 2018
Senators, MPs to meet in joint session to resolve dispute on laws
Apr 26, 2018
King checks on progress in port relocation, tourism projects in Aqaba
Apr 25, 2018

Local

New US secretary of state to visit Jordan next week

By JT, Agencies - Apr 26, 2018

WASHINGTON — Newly sworn in US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will head from this week’s NATO meeting in Brussels directly on to high level ...

Tax revenues ratio to GDP ‘relatively low’

By JT - Apr 25, 2018

AMMAN — The tax income ratio to the gross domestic product (GDP) in the Kingdom is low when compared with that in other countries in the wor ...

Teacher leaders, MPs exchange accusations after Parliament brawl

By Raed Omari - Apr 25, 2018

AMMAN — MPs and teachers on Wednesday traded accusations of starting a brawl and verbal insults during a meeting at the Lower House earlier ...

Region

Ten aid workers go missing in South Sudan — UN official

By Thomson Reuters Foundation - Apr 26, 2018

JUBA, South Sudan — Ten aid workers have gone missing in the South Sudanese town of Yei, a UN official said on Thursday, the latest incident ...

In Iraq’s Anbar, election offers chance to settle scores

By AFP - Apr 26, 2018

Facing jail, staff from Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper vow to keep working

By Reuters - Apr 26, 2018

Syria rebels dig in for Daraa fight

By AFP - Apr 26, 2018

Syria regime retakes new region outside capital

By AFP - Apr 25, 2018

World

France’s Macron pushes back at ‘America First’ agenda

By AFP - Apr 26, 2018

WASHINGTON — France’s President Emmanuel Macron urged the United States to embrace multilateralism and warned of the perils of trade war and ...

Armenians protest as acting leader suggests new elections

By Reuters - Apr 25, 2018

Women's vote campaigner statue unveiled in London

By AFP - Apr 24, 2018

Belgian court sentences Paris suspect Abdeslam to 20 years in jail

By AFP - Apr 23, 2018

Suicide attack on Kabul voter registration centre kills 57

By AFP - Apr 22, 2018

Business

RJ’s ‘turnaround plan’ to enhance profitability begins to bear fruit

By JT - Apr 26, 2018

AMMAN — Royal Jordanian's (RJ) financial figures for 2017 showed that the national carrier has achieved positive results in the second half ...

APC distributes JD83m in cash dividend
Google helps stock markets recover, oil tops $75

Features

Solemn labour of love

By Ica Wahbeh - Apr 26, 2018

AMMAN — Simply called “The Amman Period”, Venezuelan artist Fausto Borge’s exhibition at Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts is the result ...

Feature-laden laptops make previous models obsolete
How much are your online data really worth?

Sports

Real Madrid snatch comeback win at Bayern

By Reuters - Apr 26, 2018

MUNICH, Germany — Holders Real Madrid came from a goal down to snatch a precious 2-1 victory at wasteful Bayern Munich on Wednesday and carr ...

Attiyah hits the ground running at Jordan Rally
Jordan Rally revs up

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