Local

SSIF assets reach JD 11.4 billion in Q1 2021 — Saqqaf

By JT - Apr 22, 2021

AMMAN — Social Security Investment Fund (SSIF ) CEO Kholoud Saqqaf said that the fund retained a good performance throughout the first quart ...

Remaining defendants in Salt Hospital case released from custody

By Rana Husseini - Apr 22, 2021

AMMAN — The Amman Court of First Instance on Wednesday heard the testimony of two prosecution witnesses in the New Salt Public Hospital oxyg ...

TV drama, theatre productions long for a season of revival

By Joy Mazahreh - Apr 21, 2021

AMMAN — While gathering around television during the holy month of Ramadan has been known as a ritual for many Jordanian families, major Jor ...

Region

Sinkholes fill Turkey's breadbasket in drought

By AFP - Apr 22, 2021


KARAPINAR, Turkey — Sinkholes wide enough to swallow a bus dot the drought-stricken breadbasket of the Turkish plains, worrying farmers as ...

Israel strikes Syria after attack near secretive nuclear site

By AFP - Apr 22, 2021

Pope tells Hariri of hopes of visiting Lebanon

By AFP - Apr 22, 2021

Large-scale Houthi offensive roils Yemen’s oil-rich Marib

By AFP - Apr 21, 2021

Egypt sacks rail authority chief after string of deadly accidents

By AFP - Apr 21, 2021

World

Russia to end military drills near Ukraine on Friday

By AFP - Apr 22, 2021

MOSCOW — Russia will begin on Friday returning troops from military drills near Ukraine that have exacerbated tensions with the West, Defenc ...

EU looks to sue AstraZeneca over delivery shortfall

By AFP - Apr 22, 2021

Czechs to cut Russian diplomat numbers amid spat

By AFP - Apr 22, 2021

Prague gives Moscow ultimatum to let Czech diplomats return

By AFP - Apr 22, 2021

Police clash with protesters as Germany passes virus law

By AFP - Apr 21, 2021

Business

ECB keeps pouring in cheap money as virus woes persist

By AFP - Apr 22, 2021

FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday kept its massive pandemic-fighting stimulus package in place, in a bid to help Europ ...

Chevron, Toyota announce alliance on hydrogen technology
Bicycles create a headache in urban cities

Features

'All we have left': dating apps on frontline of loneliness pandemic

Apr 22, 2021

PARIS — Dating apps are booming in lockdown — no longer just a way of hooking up but also of simple interaction at a time when the coronavir ...

The eight contenders in the hunt for the best picture Oscar
Oscars producers lift the lid on nearly ‘impossible’ ceremony

Sports

Wihdat aim to make up for AFC Champions League results

By Aline Bannayan - Apr 22, 2021

AMMAN — Leg 2 of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League resumes Friday with Wihdat trying to make up for their lacklustre L ...

Bayern on verge of ninth straight Bundesliga title
FIFA vows ‘consequences’ for Super League clubs

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