by Omar Obeidat and Dana Al Emam and Merza Noghai | May 18, 2015 | 23:53 AMMAN – Experts see hosting the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the eastern shores of the Dead Sea in the coming few days as an opportunity to send a message to global politicians, investors […]
by Khetam Malkawi | May 16, 2015 | 23:53 AMMAN — The unemployment rate among Jordanians has increased from 14.5 per cent prior to the Syrian crisis in 2011 to 22.1 per cent at present, according to a recent report by international organisations. Conducted by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) […]
by JT | May 14, 2015 | 00:03 His Majesty King Abdullah speaks at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday held talks which focused […]
Jordan Times, 15.5.2015 AMMAN — On the sidelines of his working visit to Germany on Wednesday, His Majesty King Abdullah met with several leading intellectual, political and academic figures. At […]
by Khetam Malkawi | May 12, 2015 | JORDAN TIMES A report on out-of-school children cites child labour as a factor that contributes to school dropouts (File photo) AMMAN — Over 75,000 vulnerable and disadvantaged children in Jordan are out of school — the majority of whom are at the […]
Manama: When FIFA president Sepp Blatter addresses delegates at the 26th Asian Football Confederation congress on Thursday at least four men watching him are likely to be imagining themselves standing […]
by Raed Omari | May 07, 2015 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Palestinian cause is still and will always be the central Arab and international issue despite the shifted […]
01:39 PM ET King Abdullah: “what we ask is other religions and societies across the world, stand with us. “ CNN’s FAREED ZAKARIA GPS features an interview with King Abdullah […]
01:39 PM ET King Abdullah: “what we ask is other religions and societies across the world, stand with us. “ CNN’s FAREED ZAKARIA GPS features an interview with King Abdullah […]
Source: Nature Why I Teach Evolution to Muslim Students By Rana Dajani, who is associate professor of molecular biology at Hashemite University in Zarqa, Jordan, and a visiting scholar at the Faraday Institute, University of Cambridge, UK. 22 April 2015 Certain problematic attitudes towards science have been imported into Muslim societies as […]
by Jordan Times, April 23, 2015 HRH Prince Hussein chairs a UN Security Council meeting in New York on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court ) AMMAN — HRH Crown […]
AMMAN — With the approach of the May 29 FIFA presidential elections, Jordanians have taken to social media to support HRH Prince Ali’s bid. Prince Ali, FIFA vice president for […]
AMMAN — Jordan on Wednesday closed its border with Syria for security reasons, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra. The agency quoted Interior Minister Hussein Majali as saying that passenger and cargo traffic across the border was halted as a result of escalating violence in the Syrian town of […]
Following is the official translation of His Majesty King Abdullah’s address delivered by Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour at the 26th Arab Summit at Sharm El Sheikh on Saturday: In the […]
by JORDAN TIMES | Mar 21, 2015 | 23:42 AMMAN — Jordan and Palestine organised a conference in Ankara on Saturday to highlight the importance of Jerusalem and the Muslim world’s role in protecting the holy city from Israeli attempts to Judaise it. Titled “Jerusalem: the City of Peace”, the […]
by Mohammad Ghazal, Jordan Times, Mar.16, 2015 AMMAN — Scholars convening in the capital have issued the Amman Declaration, which urges the UN to draft a resolution penalising contempt of religions, prophets and sacred beliefs. At the conclusion of the International Conference on the “Role of Moderation in Confronting Terrorism […]
by Khetam Malkawi, Jordan Times, 16.3.2015 r Syrian refugees, who have been living in Jordan for two-and-a-half years since fleeing the violence in their Syrian hometown of Idlib, sit in […]
Jordan’s King Abdallah II delivers a speech during the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Tuesday. (AFP PHOTO / PATRICK HERTZOG) Published — Tuesday 10 March 2015 STRASBOURG, France: King Abdallah II of Jordan urged Europeans on Tuesday to fight hostility toward Islam that […]
Jordan’s King Abdallah II delivers a speech during the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Tuesday. (AFP PHOTO / PATRICK HERTZOG) Published — Tuesday 10 March 2015 STRASBOURG, France: King Abdallah II of Jordan urged Europeans on Tuesday to fight hostility toward Islam that […]
Ahmed Jabra wakes at seven each morning, eats his breakfast and then decides what to do with his day. If things aren’t unusually desperate – if there’s enough money to […]