Local

JFDA chief highlights 2024 food, drug safety efforts

By Maria Weldali - Aug 27, 2024

AMMAN — Ensuring the integrity and safety of food and pharmaceutical products remains a top priority, Director General of the Jordan Food an ...

Suspect charged with murdering 68-year-old woman in Amman

By Rana Husseini - Aug 27, 2024

AMMAN — The Criminal Court prosecutor on Tuesday charged a man with murder and robbery in connection with the killing of a 68-year-old woman ...

Deir Alla: Insights into a Bronze Age Sanctuary, Prophetic Texts, and Early Metallurgy

By Saeb Rawashdeh - Aug 27, 2024

  AMMAN — Located in the central Jordan Valley, some eight kilometres from the Jordan River, Deir Alla was a sanctuary and a metal-working h ...

Region

At least 30 killed after Sudan flooding causes dam to collapse – UN

By AFP - Aug 27, 2024

PORT SUDAN, Sudan — At least 30 people were killed in northeast Sudan after a dam collapsed due to flooding, the United Nations' humanitaria ...

Israel says hostage rescued from Gaza as US claims talks progress

Aug 27, 2024

Iran praises Hizbollah attack on Israel

By AFP - Aug 26, 2024

Houthi-struck oil tanker could spill 'million barrels,' US warns

By AFP - Aug 26, 2024

Israel says Lebanon strikes thwarted large-scale Hizbollah attack

By AFP - Aug 26, 2024

World

Spain to donate 500,000 mpox vaccines to Africa

By AFP - Aug 27, 2024

MADRID — Spain will donate 500,000 mpox vaccine doses to countries in central Africa suffering from a surge in cases, the government said Tu ...

Deadly Russian strikes pound Ukraine for 2nd day

By AFP - Aug 27, 2024

Germany to donate 100,000 mpox vaccines to Africa

By AFP - Aug 26, 2024

Pope calls for more help for mpox victims

By AFP - Aug 25, 2024

German police say Syrian suspect confesses to knife rampage

By AFP - Aug 25, 2024

Business

Markets mixed as traders eye US rate cut

By AFP - Aug 27, 2024

PARIS — European stock markets mostly rose, Asian equities diverged and oil prices eased on Tuesday as investors focus on the prospect of a ...

Kuwait signs 15-year deal for Qatar gas supply
At Beirut airport, flights cancelled amid Hizbollah-Israel escalation

Features

Fragile but unbroken, Afghan glassblowers refuse to quit

By AFP - Aug 27, 2024

HERAT, Afghanistan — Seated in front of a searing furnace, Ghulam Sakhi Saifi teases forth sinews of molten blue glass — the guardian of an ...

'Definitely, maybe'? Gallagher brothers tease Oasis reunion
Communication

Sports

Djokovic shines under the lights, Gauff rolls as US Open champions open with victories

By AFP - Aug 27, 2024

NEW YORK — Defending champion Novak Djokovic eased into the second round of the US Open with a straight-sets victory over qualifier Radu Alb ...

Ex-England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson dead at 76
Ahli lead as CFI Pro League heads into third week break


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