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$65 million Saudi grant to contribute to desert road rehabilitation
Nov 30, 2015
AMMAN — Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Imad Fakhoury on Monday signed a $65 million grant agreement with Youssef Bin Ibrahim Al Bassam, vice president and board member of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), to contribute to funding the rehabilitation of the desert road.The two sides also signed “a frame grant agreement” of $10 ...
British ambassador calls for building on Jordan's tourism promotion in UK
Nov 30, 2015
AMMAN — Further innovative UK-targeted campaigns to promote tourism in Jordan can enc ...
Activists call for 17% women’s quota in Lower House
Nov 30, 2015
AMMAN — A group of Jordanian civil society organisations on Monday said it will refer ...
Climate change cannot be addressed in isolation — King
Nov 30, 2015
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday said the war of "our generation" against terrorism and to defend the values of tolerance, peace ...
King expresses eagerness to see UK join coalition operations against Daesh in Syria
Nov 30, 2015
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday met with UK Prime Minister David Cameron on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference (C ...
Regent checks on progress of national census
Nov 30, 2015
AMMAN — Census takers started making field visits to households around the Kingdom on Monday as the 2015 national population census got unde ...
UNESCO, JOrchestra discover ‘Petra’s melody’
Nov 30, 2015
AMMAN — UNESCO on Sunday launched an initiative in partnership with Italian trumpet player and composer Luca Aquino and the Jordanian Nation ...
‘Male-centric’ census ad draws flak
Nov 30, 2015
AMMAN — Activists on Monday criticised the government for using only masculine nouns in Arabic to address Jordanians and residents in advert ...
Two Houses of Parliament reaffirm commitment to reform
Nov 29, 2015
AMMAN — The two Houses of Parliament on Sunday submitted their replies to the Speech from the Throne, which His Majesty King Abdullah delive ...
King discusses refugee crisis with Canadian delegation
Nov 29, 2015
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday received a ministerial delegation from Canada and discussed ways for the international community ...
S. Arabia donates $400,000 to cover treatment of Syrians at cancer centre
Nov 29, 2015
AMMAN — HRH Princess Ghida Talal, chairperson of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation (KHCF) board of trustees has signed a memorandum of unde ...
Protesters call for UNDP to cut ties with security company serving Israeli prisons
Nov 29, 2015
AMMAN — Jordanians gathered outside UNDP’s premises in Amman on Sunday to urge the UN agency to revise its contracts with the G4S security c ...
Cold weather, light rain expected this week
Nov 29, 2015
AMMAN — A cold front accompanying a depression centred over the east of Cyprus is expected to start affecting the Kingdom Monday evening, ac ...
‘Good responses’ to census so far — researchers
Nov 30, 2015
Jordan second in Arab world in mobile market competitiveness
Nov 30, 2015
'UNHCR not using G4S security contractor'
Nov 30, 2015
Education must become our highest priority — Prince Hassan
Nov 30, 2015
Gov’t raises price of gas cylinders, lowers prices of other fuel products
Nov 30, 2015
Spanish flamenco singer to perform in Amman
Nov 30, 2015
Exporters welcome Cabinet decision to extend income tax exemptions
Nov 30, 2015
Jordan, Slovenia discuss trade cooperation
Nov 30, 2015
Ministry to invite bids to implement Red-Dead project
Nov 30, 2015
Two dead, four injured in separate incidents
Nov 30, 2015
New classrooms inaugurated at Irbid school serving Syrians, Jordanians
Nov 30, 2015
‘Population census’ song ridiculed by social media users
Nov 30, 2015
Mubadara group seeks to mature into ‘political current’ — Hamarneh
Nov 29, 2015
Jerusalem’s holy sites a red line — King
Nov 29, 2015
King arrives in Paris, meets Bahraini crown prince
Nov 29, 2015
‘Jordan to conduct rainmaking experiment in 2016’
Nov 29, 2015
UNICEF Jordan chief says int’l support lacking for refugee education
Nov 29, 2015
‘1,700 young men detained for loitering outside girls’ schools’
Nov 29, 2015
Cabinet approves grant deal to revamp desert highway
Nov 29, 2015
Mamkegh inaugurates ‘Reading for All’ festival
Nov 29, 2015
Solar energy project inaugurated at Tafileh university
Nov 29, 2015
‘Temporary changes expected in water distribution programme’
Nov 29, 2015

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