US in mourning over 500,000 COVID deaths, UK sees hope
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden ordered flags lowered to half mast Monday after the United States crossed the "heartbreaking" milestone of ...
Jordan, Qatar reaffirm ties
Feb 23, 2021
Justice minister, EU ambassador discuss strengthening cooperation on rule of law
Feb 23, 2021
WHO slams rich states for hogging vaccines
Feb 23, 2021

Local

Jordan to host 9th Global Land Forum

By Maria Weldali - Feb 23, 2021

AMMAN — Jordan is preparing to host the ninth Global Land Forum, being the first host-country in the region, with the aim to highlight land- ...

MIRRA trains 15 female engineers on innovation, food production

By JT - Feb 23, 2021

AMMAN — Methods for Irrigation and Agriculture (MIRRA) conducted a capacity building programme for 15 female engineers seeking employment in ...

Gov’t to shut down shops serving shisha, JD100,000 fine for violators

By JT - Feb 23, 2021

AMMAN — Interior Minister Samir Mubaideen on Monday directed governors to shut down shops that still serve shisha despite a ban. The ministe ...

Region

Rare Bedouin audio archive sheds light on nomadic society

By AFP - Feb 23, 2021

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Leading Bedouin scholar Clinton Bailey has amassed hundreds of hours of recordings about the nomadic society’s poetry, ...

Tunisia’s pared back COVID funerals deepen mourners’ pain

By AFP - Feb 23, 2021

Hamas launches COVID vaccinations in Gaza

By AFP - Feb 23, 2021

Turkey's French teachers caught in diplomatic crosshairs

By AFP - Feb 23, 2021

Iran says IAEA chief's visit led to 'significant achievement'

By AFP - Feb 23, 2021

World

7,000 flee western Ethiopia fighting

By AFP - Feb 23, 2021

GENEVA — Around 7,000 people have fled rapidly-escalating communal violence in western Ethiopia, seeking safety in neighbouring Sudan, the U ...

Marie-Antoinette’s personal theatre gets a lockdown makeover

By AFP - Feb 22, 2021

Italian ambassador killed in DRC attack

By AFP - Feb 22, 2021

UN condemns Myanmar junta after three killed in anti-coup unrest

By AFP - Feb 21, 2021

UK accelerates vaccine rollout as end of lockdown in sight

By AFP - Feb 21, 2021

Business

Facebook to restore Australia news, pay media companies

By AFP - Feb 23, 2021

Facebook said on Tuesday it will lift a ban on Australian news and pay local media companies for content, after a last-gasp deal on pending ...

Facebook inflated its advertising audiences — lawsuit
Boeing grounds 777s after engine fire

Features

Variants raise more COVID-19 questions, concern

By AFP - Feb 23, 2021

PARIS — Several coronavirus variants with the potential to be more transmissible have caused global concern over whether existing vaccines w ...

Nissan X-Terra SE 4WD: X marks the spot
Music: The food of love and good health!

Sports

Jazz use three-point barrage to beat Hornets, Wizards beat Lakers in overtime

By AFP - Feb 23, 2021

LOS ANGELES — Donovan Mitchell had 23 points and eight assists as the NBA-leading Utah Jazz rained a franchise-record 28 three-pointers in a ...

Beyond the Big Three: Djokovic sets sights on Williams, Court
Atletico show Chelsea virtue of stability under Simeone

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