Nayef Hamidi Fayez, Chairman of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority’s (ASEZA) Board of Commissioners, led a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the update of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone’s “Vision 2040.”

Present were Morihata Shingo from JICA Jord…

Amman: Teams and staff from the Jordanian field hospital Nablus/2 arrived in Nablus city on Tuesday in order to fulfill their humanitarian and medical obligations to the people and brothers in Palestine.

Twelve trucks filled with medical and therapeu…

Amman: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, met with Khaled Anani, former Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, and the Egyptian nominee for the Director-General position at the United Nations Ed…

Amman: His Majesty King Abdullah II on Tuesday stressed the need to end violations by Israel and unilateral Israeli measures in Jerusalem, which impact freedom of worshippers at Al Aqsa Mosque, especially during the holy month of Ramadan.

Receiving a…

Amman: The Cities and Villages Development Bank secured accreditation from the Green Climate Fund during a Council meeting in Rwanda on Tuesday, marking it as the first financial institution in the Middle East to achieve this status.

Osama Azzam, the…

Amman: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that about 8,000 patients in Gaza need to be evacuated, voicing frustration that few have so far been transferred outside the besieged territory.

The WHO said moving such patients out of Gaza…

Amman: The Jordanian-Kuwaiti Trade Technical Committee convened in Amman on Tuesday to deliberate on key initiatives aimed at bolstering commercial cooperation and knowledge exchange between the two nations.

The meeting was chaired by Dana Zoubi, Sec…

Amman: Minister of Water and Irrigation Raed Abu Saud met with Tunisian Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources, and Fisheries Abdel Monem Belati on Tuesday over the importance of maintaining Jordanian-Tunisian relations and aspects of joint cooperat…

Amman: Jordan’s economic ties with the United States demonstrated resilience in 2023, with the trade balance registering a surplus of JD814 million, according to recent data released by the Department of Statistics.

Figures revealed that the volume o…

Amman: The Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO), in cooperation with the Jordan Armed Forces- Arab Army, Tuesday sent a 24-truck convoy to the Gaza Strip, loaded with 427 tons of food aid.

The convoy carried food parcels and flour as a donati…

Amman: Minister of Culture Haifa Najjar met with Cyprus Deputy Minister of Culture, Vasiliki Kassianidou, at the Royal Cultural Center in Amman, aiming to bolster cultural ties between both nations.

Najjar highlighted Jordan’s rich historical and cul…

Amman: The Minister of Political and Parliamentary Affairs, Hadith Khriesha, Tuesday urged younger Jordanians to elect qualified people and promising party programmers and support women.

During a meeting with the youth of the Taqadum Party at the Min…

Amman: The National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) and Japan’s Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) sealed an agreement on Tuesday aimed at upgrading key substations within the country’s power grid.

Under the auspices of the Japanese government, facilitat…

Amman: The National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) and Japan’s Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) sealed an agreement on Tuesday aimed at upgrading key substations within the country’s power grid.

Under the auspices of the Japanese government, facilitat…

Amman: His Royal Highness Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, Chair of the Royal Film Commission of Jordan, presided over an award ceremony for the fourth edition of the “Youth Empowerment Film and Song Competitions” on Monday evening at the King Hussein Busin…

Amman: His Royal Highness Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, Chair of the Royal Film Commission of Jordan, presided over an award ceremony for the fourth edition of the “Youth Empowerment Film and Song Competitions” on Monday evening at the King Hussein Busin…

Amman: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – Computer Society (IEEE-CS) at the University of Jordan (UJ), has clinched the title of the “Outstanding Chapter Award”, bestowed by the IEEE.

In a groundbreaking achievement for the Middl…

Amman: US Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger expressed strong backing of Jordan’s cybersecurity skills enhancement program.

In an interview with the Jordan News Agency (Petra) Tuesday, Neuberger undersco…

Prime Minister Bishr Khasawneh inaugurated the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the University of Science and Technology, a pioneering institution in Jordan and the region.

Khasawneh commended the hospital’s establishment efforts, emphasizing its sign…

The Israeli occupation army in the Gaza Strip continued to target civilians waiting for aid trucks, the Gaza Civil Defence said Tuesday.

A spokesman said the Israeli army was deliberately targeting people seeking food aid in order to create chaos at …

Karak Mayor Mohammad Maaytah met on Tuesday with Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Jordan, Metin Kazak, over ways to improve tourism ties and market Karak as a travel destination.

Maaytah told the Jordan News Agency (Petra) that this meeting aims to attract t…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced on Tuesday that UN member states have paid about $966 million in response to the UN’s flash appeal for Gaza and the West Bank.

This amount represents about 81% of…

His Majesty King Abdullah II on Tuesday praised the development Irbid has witnessed over the past years, as evidenced by major water, energy and infrastructure projects, as well as the enhancement of education and health services.

Speaking at a meeti…