Local

Madaba, Saudi Ahsa sign twinning agreement to enhance cooperation

By JT - Feb 05, 2025

AMMAN — Madaba Mayor Aref Rawajih and Mayor of Ahsa Municipality in Saudi Arabia Issam bin Abdullatif Mulla on Wednesday in Ahasa signed a t ...

From semi-Nomads to settlers: Examining life in Ghor Abu ‘Obeideh

By Saeb Rawashdeh - Feb 05, 2025

AMMAN —  professor Zeidan Kafafi studied rural societies and their life in the Ghor Abu ‘Obeideh region during the Iron I and II, and this s ...

Experts praise new building regulations, call for balance in reforms

By Maria Weldali - Feb 05, 2025

AMMAN — Recent amendments to building and urban planning regulations by the government have been widely welcomed as a step forward for the r ...

Region

Iran says US 'maximum pressure' will fail as it did in Trump first term

By AFP - Feb 05, 2025

TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump's reimposition of a policy of "maximum pre ...

Iraq's famed 'hunchback' of Mosul rebuilt brick by brick

By AFP - Feb 05, 2025

Deportation from occupied territory 'strictly prohibited'-- UN on Gaza

By AFP - Feb 05, 2025

Two years on, construction jungle emerges from Antioch's quake-hit ruins

By AFP - Feb 03, 2025

Palestinian ministry says Israeli raid in West Bank kills one

By AFP - Feb 02, 2025

World

French PM set to survive no confidence vote

By AFP - Feb 05, 2025

PARIS — French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is expected on Wednesday to survive a no-confidence vote in parliament, winning some breathing ...

Five people wounded in Sweden school shooting

By AFP - Feb 04, 2025

Ex-NATO chief Stoltenberg named Norway finance minister

By AFP - Feb 04, 2025

S. Africa soldiers killed in DR Congo due home Wednesday

By AFP - Feb 04, 2025

Russia advanced 430 square km in Ukraine in January: AFP analysis

By AFP - Feb 03, 2025

Business

Kingdom’s export certificates surge by 9.2%, reaching JD117m in January

By JT - Feb 05, 2025

AMMAN — The value of export certificates issued by the Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) increased by 9.2 per cent in January, reaching JD117 ...

Aqaba Container Terminal joins global maritime service network Gemini Cooperation
JBA, Indian embassy discuss investment cooperation

Features

Next round for strategy game lineage in 'Civilisation VII'

By AFP - Feb 05, 2025

PARIS — Fans have waited more than eight years for the new instalment in heavyweight strategy game Civilisation, with the release of the sev ...

Scientists cast doubt on famous US groundhog's weather forecasts
OpenAI announces new 'deep research' tool for ChatGPT

Sports

Mbappe out for Real Madrid cup game as Ancelotti backs ref complaints

By AFP - Feb 04, 2025

MADRID — Carlo Ancelotti said Kylian Mbappe would miss Real Madrid's upcoming Copa del Rey quarter-final against Leganes with a bruised calf ...

Hussein Irbid defeat Wihdat in the first leg of the Super Cup Final
McIlroy and Lowry charge at Pebble Beach but Straka leads
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