Local

King reviews partnership, region with Belgian PM, EU officials

By JT - Dec 13, 2018

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday held talks with Prime Minister of Belgium Charles Michel, who affirmed his country’s keenness ...

S.Arabia seeks political bloc with Jordan, Red Sea countries

By JT, Reuters - Dec 13, 2018

AMMAN — Deputising for Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi, Foreign Ministry Secretary General Zeid Lozi on Wednesday p ...

Publisher of news website released on bail

By Mohammad Ghazal - Dec 12, 2018

AMMAN — The Amman prosecutor general on Wednesday agreed to release on bail Mohammad Al Wakeel, publisher of a news website, after he was de ...

Region

Yemen warring parties agree to reopen Sanaa airport, still in talks on port

By Reuters - Dec 12, 2018

RIMBO — Yemen's warring parties agreed on Wednesday to reopen Sanaa airport in the Houthi-held capital, sources said, as Western nations pre ...

Turkey to launch operation against US-backed Kurds in Syria ‘in a few days’

By Reuters - Dec 12, 2018

Gaza boy, four, dies from Israeli fire — Palestinian medics

By Reuters - Dec 12, 2018

Commentary: Why Europe fears collapse of the Iran nuclear deal

By Thomson Reuters Foundation - Dec 12, 2018

Nazareth preserves its Arab traditions as Christmas nears

By Reuters - Dec 12, 2018

World

Strasbourg suspect: a violent criminal on France’s terror watchlist

By AFP - Dec 12, 2018

STRASBOURG — The 29-year-old man being sought by police over a shooting in Strasbourg lived in a small apartment in a ramshackle housing blo ...

Gunman kills five in Brazil cathedral, commits suicide

By AFP - Dec 11, 2018

Three killed as Hong Kong schoolbus mounts pavement, trapping passers-by

By AFP - Dec 10, 2018

May presses on with Brexit vote as MPs demand better deal

By Reuters - Dec 09, 2018

Tear gas, mass arrests as Paris hit by new ‘yellow vest’ protests

By AFP - Dec 08, 2018

Business

2019 will be more profitable for airlines — IATA

By Ica Wahbeh - Dec 12, 2018

GENEVA — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) forecasts the global airline industry net profit to be $35.5 billion in 2019, sl ...

Trade war optimism lifts European shares
Pound hits 20-month low after Britain’s May aborts Brexit vote

Features

Many diabetics needlessly test blood sugar at home

By Reuters - Dec 12, 2018

One in seven people with type 2 diabetes may be needlessly testing their blood sugar at home several times a day, a US study suggests.  Peop ...

Marital discourse
Benefits of statins far outweigh risks

Sports

Salah fires Liverpool into last 16 as PSG glide through

By Thomson Reuters Foundation - Dec 12, 2018

LIVERPOOL, England — Mohamed Salah’s delightful first-half strike gave Liverpool a 1-0 win over Napoli that sent them into the Champions Lea ...

Jordan Olympic football team start Oman camp
Jordan’s Azzam takes skiing title in Dubai

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