AMMAN (JT) – Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh and his Cabinet were sworn in on Monday before His Majesty King Abdullah, becoming the 94th government since 1921 and the ninth since the King ascended the Throne in 1999. The Cabinet held its first meeting later yesterday, chaired by the prime minister, […]
And this is what the readers of Jordan Times think about the progress towards reforms: Weekly Poll The government of Awn Khasawneh will make good on its reform promises Absolutely (13 %) To a certain degree (33 %) Never (54 %) Total Votes : 48 (ok, it is still early […]
Major Step Forward for Waste Dumping Ban More than 170 countries have agreed to fast-track the implementation of a ban on the export of hazardous and toxic waste to developing countries, thanks to an Indonesia Swiss initiative. The agreement on the early entry into force of the proposal, which is […]
Source/Credit: Express Tribune Pakistani journalist and daughter of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, Shehrbano Taseer, received a Human Rights Award during an annual award dinner in New York City on Saturday. In the months since her father’s slaying, Shehrbano has continued to speak out publicly against discriminatory laws that target […]
Source/Credit: Aljazeera Dr Neelam Singh is on the front line of India’s battle to save its girls. Modern medical technology – specifically ultrasounds for determining the baby’s sex – coupled with ancient cultural values which give preference to boys, mean that hundreds of thousands of girls are never being born. […]
By ANDREW QUINN | REUTERS ARABBEWS DUSHANBE: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Tajikistan on Saturday that efforts to crack down on religious freedom might backfire and increase sympathy for radical views that could threaten stability in the Central Asian country. Clinton, who met Tajik President Imomali Rakhmon on […]
By ABDUL JALIL MUSTAFA Amman: Jordan’s main opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, on Sunday turned down an offer by the Prime Minister-designate Awn Khasawneh to join the new Cabinet, saying the time was “still not ripe” for such a step. The reply came in a letter addressed to Khasawneh by […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: On Sunday more than 100,000 pilgrims were sent to Madinah in convoys consisting of 2,600 buses. The South Asian Tawafa Establishment achieved this with the collaboration of the traffic department, the United Car Syndicate responsible for pilgrims’ transportation and transport companies. Close […]
By Hana Namrouqa JORDAN TIMES DEAD SEA – Energy experts on Sunday predicted that solar power will be the most important source of energy in the Middle East within the next decade, calling on regional governments to shift from their reliance on oil to clean, renewable energy resources. Energy drives […]
By Omar Obeidat JORDAN TIMES DEAD SEA – The Arab world needs a Marshall Plan under which rich countries provide financial support to develop the economies of other states in the region, leading policy makers and experts suggested Saturday. European countries and the US will not be able to help […]
Death of Saudi Crown Prince Sultan puts focus on the Allegiance Counci By Abdul Nabi Shaheen, Correspondent, GULF NEWS Riyadh: Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz has died, the palace announced on Saturday, leaving his brother and veteran Interior Minister Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz the likely successor to […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: The 176 gates of the Grand Mosque will be able to tell worshippers if the mosque is full or not using a traffic light system, director of the department of doors at the Presidency of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques […]
By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, died on Saturday, the Royal Court said in a statement. He was in his eighties. Sultan was a central figure in Saudi decision-making since becoming defense minister in 1962. http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article521832.ece
By Zhao Yanrong (China Daily) BOSTON – A Chinese student organization recently announced it will launch the first forum to focus on entrepreneurship in China at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology next month. The forum aims to provide a platform for Chinese students in the United States and venture capitalists from […]
By ADIL SALAHI ARABNEWS When people embark on the journey of pilgrimage, they often ask which method is better. Since both the Umrah and the pilgrimage are duties, people should do both duties on the same journey. There are three methods to complete this: The two duties are joined together, […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS Published: Oct 20, 2011 22:51 Updated: Oct 20, 2011 22:51 JEDDAH: Nearly three million expatriate workers will have to leave the Kingdom in the next few years as the Labor Ministry has put a 20 percent ceiling on the country’s guest workers. The […]
By Hossam Ezzedine Agence France-Presse JORDAN TIMES NABI SALEH, Palestinian Territories – Nizar Tamimi has only seen his fiancée Ahlam once, when she visited him in prison shortly before she was sentenced to life in jail for assisting a suicide bombing in Jerusalem. Their families feared they would never start […]
Source: International Crises Group Ten months of popular protest spiked by periodic outbursts of violence have done little to clarify Yemen’s political future. Persistent street protests so far have failed to oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh or bring about genuine institutional reform. The country is more deeply divided between pro- […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEW JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia sought to discourage Saudis and expatriates from performing pilgrimage this year without valid Haj permits with an intensified public awareness campaign through the media.The country’s grand mufti also said it was unlawful to do Haj without permits. “Helping pilgrims to […]