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Jordan achieves record 36% rise in exports in 2022: Deputy PM
Amman: Jordan achieved an unprecedented 36-per cent rise in exports in 2022 despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukrainian crisis that led to a hike in energy and…
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Israeli, Palestinian officials meet in Jordan for talks on de-escalation
Amman/Jerusalem: Israel government denied most of the agreements that had been achieved in a meeting of senior Israeli and Palestinian security officials in Jordan. The meeting on Sunday was called by Jordan…
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Saudi deaf women’s chess team participates in continental tournament
Riyadh: A Saudi women’s chess team with hearing disabilities is participating for the first time in the major continental tournament, local media reported. The first Asia-Pacific Deaf Sprint and Blitz Championship for…
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Jordan sends aid convoy to quake-hit Syria
Amman: Jordan’s Foreign Ministry said that the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation (JHCO) has dispatched a 14-truck convoy loaded with medicines, food, blankets and drinking water to quake-hit Syria. The Ministry said in…
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Jordanians stage protest against Israeli killing of Palestinians
Amman: Thousands of Jordanians on Friday took part in a demonstration in the capital Amman to protest the killing of Palestinians in Jenin by Israeli forces. “The raids in the West Bank…
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Jordanians burn Swedish flag in front of embassy in Amman
Amman: The Jordanians staged a demonstration in front of the Swedish embassy in the capital, Amman, and burned the Swedish flag, in protest against the Swedish authorities’ allowing Danish far-right politician Rasmus…
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Jordan’s king calls for efforts to maintain peace at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
Amman: King Abdullah II of Jordan stressed the need to maintain calm and cease all acts of violence to pave the way for the Middle East peace process. At a meeting in…
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First Palestinian woman ordained as pastor in Jerusalem
A Lutheran church ceremony in Jerusalem ordained the first Palestinian female pastor in the holy land on Sunday. Sally Azar, a Palestinian from Jerusalem will now lead the English-speaking congregation at the…
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Jordanian court issues ruling in 2017 Israeli embassy incident
Amman: A Jordanian court has ordered the Israeli embassy in Amman to pay 357,000 Jordanian dinars (Rs 4,08,32,055) to a driver who was shot and wounded by an embassy guard, in an…
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Jordan plans to build new city to accommodate up to 1 mn people
Amman: Jordan’s Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh has announced a plan to build a new city in the north of the kingdom, as part of its economic and administrative modernisation efforts. The city,…
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25th Arabian Gulf Cup is Iraq’s reentry into intl politics
The 25th Arabian Gulf Cup to be held in Iraq has signified a cultural shift in an otherwise conflict ridden, sanctions suffering country. Despite its rich history, access to Iraq began to…
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Jordan Crown Prince Hussein to wed Saudi citizen Rajwa Al-Saif in June
Amman: Jordan’s Royal Hashemite Court on Saturday, December 31, announced the date of the wedding of Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II to his Saudi fiancee Rajwa Khaled Al-Saif, on June 1, 2023.…
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Iranian Foreign Minister speaks to Saudi counterpart in Jordan
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that he spoke to his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, one day before, marking the highest-level engagement reported between the two…
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Jordanian police officer killed over fuel price protests
Amman: The Jordanian General Security announced that a senior police officer had been shot dead on Thursday evening during a protest against the fuel prices in the Husseiniya area of Ma’an Governorate,…
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Jordanian film ‘Farha’ recreates Israeli atrocities amidst Nakba horror
Based on the actual events that took place during the Nakba movement, ‘Farha’ is a Jordanian film that exposes Israeli atrocities on innocent Palestinians. The Zionist military forces have barred at least…
