King greets nation on Hijri New Year
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Saturday took to social media platform X to mark the New Hijri Year, congratulating the Arab and Islami ...
Israel says negotiators to hold fresh Gaza truce talks next week
Jul 07, 2024
JHCO, JAF despatch aid convoy to Gaza
Jul 06, 2024
FM, Estonian president discuss Israeli war on Gaza, bilateral cooperation
Jul 06, 2024

Local

Middle-Eastern glimmer of hope: Rekindling joy for children facing war traumas

By Sara J. Faqir - Jul 06, 2024

AMMAN — In the midst of the turmoil that surrounds refugees, particularly the innocent children caught in the crossfire of adversity, one in ...

Ancient life in Levant: Revealing Pella’s urban wonders

By Saeb Rawashdeh - Jul 06, 2024

  AMMAN — Pella, located in north-western Jordan, has been a site continuously occupied from the Neolithic times to more recent periods. ...

Man questioned over beating sister to death

By Rana Husseini - Jul 06, 2024

AMMAN — Police on Saturday said they are questioning a man who reportedly beat up his sister to death in the Balqa Governorate last week, of ...

Region

Source close to Hizbollah says Israeli strike kills member in east Lebanon

By AFP - Jul 07, 2024

BEIRUT, Lebanon — A source close to Hizbollah said an Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle in eastern Lebanon Saturday, killing an offici ...

Calling for better ties with West, Iran reformist wins presidency

By AFP - Jul 06, 2024

Lebanon’s Hizbollah rains rockets on Israel as Gaza war rages

By AFP - Jul 05, 2024

Sudan activists say about 25 people drown fleeing fighting

By AFP - Jul 05, 2024

Hizbollah says Israeli strike kills senior commander

By AFP - Jul 04, 2024

World

Biden defiant, but critics are circling

By AFP - Jul 07, 2024

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's presidential reelection bid hung in the balance Saturday, after efforts to put a disastrous debate showing behind h ...

Starmer begins UK 'rebuild' after landslide election win

By AFP - Jul 06, 2024

White House says zero chance Biden will withdraw

By AFP - Jul 05, 2024

Putin, Xi vie for influence at Central Asian summit

By AFP - Jul 04, 2024

French PM urges united front to stop far-right takeover

By AFP - Jul 04, 2024

Business

Hong Kong fines DBS Bank $1.3m for money-laundering breaches

By AFP - Jul 06, 2024

HONG KONG — The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) fined the local arm of Singapore's DBS Bank HK$10 million ($1.3 million) for breaches of ...

China's BYD opens EV plant in Thailand despite slowdown, tariff row
EU gives conditional nod to Lufthansa's proposed ITA Airways stake

Features

Malaysia rescues hundreds of tortoises from ‘Ninja Turtle Gang’

By AFP - Jul 06, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian authorities have rescued hundreds of smuggled tortoises meant for sale in Southeast Asia, disrupting an internation ...

Music festivals seek greener footprint
Slow art: The master illuminator of Tehran

Sports

Swiatek crashes out at Wimbledon as Djokovic eyes sweet 16

By AFP - Jul 06, 2024

LONDON — World No.1 Iga Swiatek was dumped out of Wimbledon by Yulia Putintseva on Saturday as Novak Djokovic set his sights on making the f ...

Japan’s Saito aims to emulate late father with judo Olympic gold
Dunblane: The tennis club that forged Andy Murray


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