Relying on ‘Urdun Jannah’ experience, JTB seeks to revive in-bound tourism
AMMAN — The Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) is pinning hopes on reviving the virus-hit sector by encouraging domestic tourism in the initial stag ...
Jordan sees increase in median age of marriage — SIGI report
Jan 21, 2021
Jordan condemns new Israeli settlement plans
Jan 21, 2021
Biden becomes 46th US president, vowing 'new day' after Trump tumult
Jan 21, 2021

Local

Jordan condemns ‘cowardly’ terror attack in Baghdad

By JT - Jan 21, 2021

AMMAN — Jordan on Thursday condemned a twin suicide bombing that targeted Baghdad, which claimed dozens of civilians’ lives and wounded othe ...

Saidan, British ambassador lay cornerstone for 31km sanitation project

By JT - Jan 21, 2021

AMMAN — Minister of Water and Irrigation Motasem Saidan and British Ambassador to Jordan Bridget Brind on Thursday laid the cornerstone for ...

11 COVID deaths, 776 virus cases recorded Thursday

By JT - Jan 21, 2021

AMMAN — Eleven COVID-19 deaths and 776 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Thursday, increasing the caseload to 318,181, the governm ...

Region

Tunisia rights groups say 1,000 arrested in six nights of riots

By AFP - Jan 22, 2021

TUNIS — Tunisian security forces have arrested at least 1,000 people during six nights of urban unrest between disaffected youths and riot p ...

Lebanon extends total lockdown by two weeks

By AFP - Jan 22, 2021

Twin suicide blasts in Baghdad leave nearly 30 dead

By AFP - Jan 22, 2021

Egypt says it agreed with Qatar to restore diplomatic ties

By AFP - Jan 21, 2021

Scattered clashes in Tunisia as more protests expected

By AFP - Jan 21, 2021

World

Death toll in Madrid gas blast rises to four

By AFP - Jan 22, 2021

MADRID — The toll from a powerful explosion that gutted a church-owned building in Madrid rose to four on Thursday after a priest died from ...

Hungary first EU member to license Russian virus jab

By AFP - Jan 22, 2021

Partial lockdown in Beijing as UK virus variant detected

By AFP - Jan 21, 2021

EU aims to vaccinate 70% of adults in coming months

By AFP - Jan 19, 2021

Trump spends last day in White House, Biden goes to Washington

By AFP - Jan 19, 2021

Business

Jobless claim data underscores employment crisis awaiting Biden

Jan 22, 2021

WASHINGTON — Government data released the day after Joe Biden entered the White House made clear the scale of the employment crisis facing t ...

Stellantis to offer on electric vehicles by 2025
EU regulator to clear Boeing 737 MAX flights next week

Features

Lady Gaga, JLo offer rare Washington fashion moment

Jan 22, 2021

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK — Joe Biden's inauguration offered the American capital city a rare occasion for glamour, with Lady Gaga leading the way ...

Social media faces reckoning as Trump ban forces reset
Rocker David Crosby on songwriting and ‘emotional voyages’

Sports

Ronaldo scores 760th career goal, but is it a world record?

By AFP - Jan 22, 2021

PARIS — Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 760th career goal in Juventus' 2-0 Italian Super Cup win over Napoli on Wednesday, prompting claims he ...

Mitchell shines as red-hot Jazz down Pelicans
Ibrahimovic double as Milan pull clear to top Serie A

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