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Iran to release Jordanian detainees, impose fine for illegal entrance

By JT - Feb 20, 2019

AMMAN — The Iranian authorities have decided to release three Jordanians who were detained by Iranian authorities in January after their shi ...

GID officer succumbs to injuries, bringing death toll from Balqa explosions to 4

By JT - Feb 20, 2019

AMMAN — The General Intelligence Department’s (GID) Maj. ...

Jordanian-Iraqi political consultancy committee hold first meeting

By JT - Feb 20, 2019

AMMAN — The joint Jordanian and Iraqi foreign ministries committee on Wednesday met to discuss bolstering ties at the political, economic an ...

Region

Palestinian president rejects tax money from Israel

By Reuters - Feb 20, 2019

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority (PA) will no longer accept tax revenues collected on its behalf by Israel following its deci ...

Saudi prince agrees to step up antiterror 'pressure' with India

By AFP - Feb 20, 2019

Daesh nears defeat in last Syrian enclave

By Reuters - Feb 20, 2019

UAE eases Qatar shipping ban amid continuing dispute

By Reuters - Feb 20, 2019

Morocco security forces use water cannon to break up demonstrations

By AFP - Feb 20, 2019

World

Brazil’s Bolsonaro suffers first defeat in Congress

By Reuters - Feb 20, 2019

BRASILIA — Brazil’s lower chamber handed right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro his first defeat in Congress on Tuesday, the day before his gov ...

Rights group slams ‘inhuman’ treatment of migrants in Greece

By AFP - Feb 19, 2019

French court okays screening of film on priest’s abuse of boy scouts

By AFP - Feb 18, 2019

UK's May to speak to every EU head in bid for Brexit deal changes

By Reuters - Feb 17, 2019

Thirty years on, some Russians want to reframe Soviet war in Afghanistan

By Reuters - Feb 16, 2019

Business

Airbus says A320neo India deliveries back on track

By Reuters - Feb 20, 2019

BENGALURU — European aircraft maker Airbus deliveries of its A320neo aircraft are back on track in India with fewer problems being seen with ...

Danone's profits curdled by Morocco boycott
White House gets report that could trigger auto tariffs

Features

Roblox, game platform teaching young kids to code

By AFP - Feb 20, 2019

PARIS — With its Lego-like avatars and easy-to-learn coding for budding programmers, the online gaming app Roblox has cornered the market in ...

Eating nuts tied to lower heart disease risk for diabetics
‘Alita: Battle Angel’, a cyborg movie done right

Sports

Five teams lead push for Jordan league title

By Aline Bannayan - Feb 20, 2019

AMMAN — With leading teams settling for ties last week, five teams are now in contention for the lead ahead of Week 14 of the Jordan Profess ...

Vettel gets Ferrari off to strong start in testing
Durant claims MVP, Team LeBron tops Team Giannis in All-Star Game

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