AMMAN (JORDAN TIMES) – Royal Jordanian (RJ) President and CEO Hussein Dabbas on Sunday said the airline will resume flights to Tripoli and Benghazi, in Libya, soon. The company suspended its operations to these two cities after turmoil erupted in Libya last February. Dabbas said the company will restart operations […]
AMMAN (Petra) – A Royal Jordanian Air Force aircraft carrying a 10-tonne shipment of humanitarian assistance and medical equipment left for Somalia on Sunday upon the directives of His Majesty King Abdullah. On Saturday, the King instructed the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation (JHCO) to dispatch relief aid to the Somali […]
AMMAN (Jordan Times) – Jordan on Sunday presented its case of accession to the Gulf Cooperation Council at a meeting of GCC foreign ministers in Jeddah. The ministers issued a recommendation to their countries’ leaders calling for including Jordan and Morocco, another applicant, under a five-year development plan set by […]
By Tom Heneghan, Reuters, Jordan Times CAMBRIDGE, England – When Henry Kissinger published “Diplomacy”, his study of international relations, in 1994, it had no index entries for Islam or religion. Ten years later, another US secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, wrote her own study on world affairs: “The Mighty and […]
By Khaled Neimat, JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – The government will continue to subsidise bread for all social segments, according to a senior official. In a meeting with the editorial staff of Al Rai and The Jordan Times dailies on Wednesday, Prime Minster Marouf Bakhit dismissed as “baseless” reports that the […]
AMMAN (Jordan Times) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday instructed the concerned authorities to dispatch a military field hospital to Libya to provide medical assistance to the Libyan people, a Royal Court statement said. The statement did not specify the location of the facility, but a government official has […]
Source: The Jordan Times. HRH Princess Alia signs a copy of ‘Royal Heritage: The Story of Jordan’s Arab Horses’ at Readers bookshop in the capital on Tuesday evening. Co-authored by Princess Alia and the artist and author Peter Upton, Royal Heritage tells the story of the Arab horse in Jordan, […]
By Hani Hazaimeh, JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – Since the unrest in Syria began in mid-March, hundreds of Syrian citizens have fled to the Kingdom seeking a safe haven for their families – some made it through the legal channels, but many others had to jump the fence between the two […]
Source: Jordan Times By Khaled Neimat AMMAN – Around 70 per cent of young Jordanians agree that the Kingdom is on the right track in terms of reform, a poll found. The survey also found that the majority believes the government of Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit is doing its job […]
A Jordan-based group is threatening to file a lawsuit against Israel in the International Criminal Court over its opening of the baptismal site Qasr al-Yahud near the Jordan River. The group, which calls itself “The Arab Union to Resist the Expulsion of Arab Christians”, is headed by the speaker of […]
AMMAN (Jordan Times) – Around 1.7 million students from across the Kingdom will head to schools today, including 500,000 in private and UNRWA schools. The Ministry of Education has completed preparations for the 2011-2012 scholastic year, including opening 35 new schools, in addition to renovating 60 schools. With around 16,000 […]
When comparing the reaction of President Assad of Syria and King Abdullah of Jordan to the present ‘demand for change’ in both countries one small big thing has to my knowledge not (yet) been reported. Both leaders are of course reluctant to give up any of their powers. But how […]
By REUTERS, ARABNEWS JERUSALEM: An Israeli military official said on Tuesday that two additional warships had been stationed in the Red Sea but added that this was no more than routine. He played down reports that they were connected to an Egyptian sweep of the Sinai peninsula for militants that […]
By Mohammad Ghazal and AFP, Jordan Times AMMAN – Tuesday is the first day of Eid Al Fitr, the feast marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, according to a statement by Chief Islamic Justice Ahmad Hilayel on Monday. Although the crescent of the new lunar month of […]
By Hani Hazaimeh, JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – Families of Jordanian prisoners in Syria, journalists and activists said they will launch a campaign to pressure the government to address Syrian authorities in hopes to uncover the fate of an estimated 253 Jordanians thought to be in Syrian jails, a statement issued […]
By Khetam Malkawi, Jordan Times AMMAN – Hotels in Aqaba and at the Dead Sea are packed for the Eid Al Fitr vacation, with Jordanians and Arab Israelis topping the list of customers. Hotels in both areas reported 100 per cent occupancy rate for the August 30-September 2 holiday marking […]
Source: Jordan Times His Majesty King Abdullah’s meeting with heads of the Orthodox churches in the Middle East is a reminder to the international community and the Arab countries that Muslims and Christians in the region, and indeed elsewhere in the world, of the need for peaceful religious accommodation and […]
By Muath FreijM JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – When Mahmoud Habibah decided to learn the basics of the confectionery profession at the age of 12, he never imagined that his skills would one day lead him to open a sweets store in downtown Amman, which has become the main stop for […]
By Omar Obeidat, Jordan Times AMMAN –– Demand for food commodities during this year’s Ramadan went down sharply when compared to the same month of last year, according to food dealers. Samer Jawabreh, president of the Foodstuff Traders Association (FTA), told The Jordan Times that demand for food items during […]
AMMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday stressed that the Sharia judiciary is a major pillar to achieve justice among people and comprehensive social welfare. The King, who inaugurated the new premises of the Chief Islamic Justice Department and the Higher Institute for Sharia Judiciary yesterday, also expressed […]