Local

Stakeholders report increase in farms, chalets bookings during Eid holiday

By Maria Weldali - Jun 23, 2024

AMMAN — Local farm and chalet rental businesses saw an incease in bookings during the long Eid Al Adha holiday, according to stakeholders. S ...

Cassation Court upholds 3-year sentence for drug dealer

By Rana Husseini - Jun 23, 2024

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a December State Security Court (SSC) ruling, sentencing a drug dealer to over three years in pris ...

Moroccan Sellami to coach national football team

By JT - Jun 23, 2024

AMMAN — The board of the Jordan Football Association (JFA) on Saturday announced the appointment of Moroccan coach Jamal Sellami as the new ...

Region

Iraqi pro-Iran fighter killed in strike on eastern Syria

By AFP - Jun 23, 2024

BEIRUT — An Iraqi fighter from an Iran-backed group was killed in an overnight air strike in eastern Syria near the Iraq border, the group a ...

US envoy says diplomacy 'urgent' to stop Israel-Lebanon border clashes

By AFP - Jun 19, 2024

Muslim pilgrims pray on Mount Arafat in Hajj climax

By AFP - Jun 15, 2024

Gaza bombed as fallout brings surging tensions to Lebanon, Yemen

By AFP - Jun 15, 2024

Kuwait makes arrests over deadly fire as Indian families mourn

By AFP - Jun 14, 2024

World

Arab-American mayor warns Biden has not ‘earned my vote’

By AFP - Jun 23, 2024

DEARBORN, United States — Abdullah Hammoud’s election as the first Muslim mayor of Dearborn was a watershed moment for this city, an automak ...

Ukraine seeks path to just peace at Swiss summit

Jun 15, 2024

Zelensky's diplomatic offensive draws leaders to Swiss peace summit

By AFP - Jun 14, 2024

Punch-up in Italy’s parliament sparks furore

By AFP - Jun 14, 2024

Chaos on French right as Macron’s snap poll upends politics

By AFP - Jun 14, 2024

Business

Eurozone business activity growth slows sharply in June

By AFP - Jun 23, 2024

BRUSSELS, Belgium — The growth of business activity in the eurozone slowed down in June after the manufacturing sector posted its biggest de ...

China says 'reserves the right' to file WTO suit over EU car tariffs
First EU - Jordan Business Forum kicks off

Features

Actor Donald Sutherland dead at age 88

By AFP - Jun 23, 2024

LOS ANGELES — Donald Sutherland, the enigmatic actor whose lengthy career encompassed films including “The Dirty Dozen” and “The Hunger Game ...

BTS mania hits Seoul ahead of ‘huggathon’ with Jin
France mourns loss of 1960s icon Francoise Hardy

Sports

Teams eye last football title of season

By Aline Bannayan - Jun 23, 2024

AMMAN —  Hussein plays Salt and titleholders Wihdat meets Shabab Urdun  Sunday evening in the semifinals of the Jordan Cup - the last compet ...

Asian U-17, U20 draws held; senior team awaits World Cup Round 3 qualifying draw
Scotland relying on joker McGinn to be Euros ace


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