A Palestinian was seriously wounded on Tuesday when Israeli troops fired live rounds and tear gas during clashes with local youth at a checkpoint near Nablus, north of the occupied West Bank.The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said the con...

The United States welcomes today’s flight between Sana’a, Yemen, and Amman, Jordan, the first commercial flight from Sana’a since 2016. We hope it will enable Yemenis to travel to see loved ones, seek medical care, and find respite from th...

The United States welcomes the resumption of direct flights between Sana’a, Yemen and Amman, Jordan. These are the first commercial flights from Sana’a since 2016, and they demonstrate the ongoing benefits for the Yemeni people from the UN...

Israeli occupation forces Monday arrested 16 Palestinians following raids across the West Bank.In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said that Israeli troops stormed the cities of Ramallah, Bireh, Bethlehem, Hebron, Tulkarem and...

China's courier sector saw its operating income exceed 1 trillion yuan (about $147.3 billion) for the first time in 2021, official data showed on Sunday.According to a report by the Chinese State Post Bureau, the operating income of the ind...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Saturday recorded two monkeypox cases.The UKHSA said the new cases were not linked to the case recorded a week ago, adding that the two infected had lived in the same house, and they are tracing back wh...

The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the killing of Palestinian journalist, Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqleh, and the injury of another journalist by Israeli occupation forces near Jenin refugee camp in the West B...

The United Arab Emirates Federal Supreme Council on Saturday elected Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as president, succeeding his brother Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who passed away yesterday.UAE Vice President, Prime Minister an...

The Arab American Institute Foundation (AAIF) has announced the expansion of the US-MENA Experiential Partnership to Jordan. The Experiential Partnership is an initiative pioneered by AAIF, with support from the US State Department Middle E...

The British embassy in Jordan on Wednesday said that media freedom and safety of journalists are essential and must be respected after the death of Shireen Abu Aqleh. In a statement today, the embassy stated: 'Shocked at news of the death o...

Canada's International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan lauded Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon and Turkey's generous support in hosting large numbers of Syrian refugees.'Canada is committed to continuing its work with the international commu...

Al Jazeera’s journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot dead early Wednesday by Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry announced.Palestinian reporter Ali Samoudi, who works for the Quds newspaper, was also shot i...

Israeli occupation forces Tuesday arrested 11 Palestinians following raids across the West Bank.In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said that Israeli troops stormed the cities of Ramallah, Bireh, Jenin, Bethlehem, Tulkarm, Tub...

China on Tuesday launched a new cargo mission to its space station module in preparation for the arrival of a new crew in June.A Long March 7 rocket carrying the robotic Tianzhou 4 spacecraft lifted off from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center...

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Monday resigned his post after nationwide protests engulfed the country and culminated in the killing of an MP and the wounding of scores.According to France 24, the Sri Lankan police said that t...

Scores of Jewish extremist settlers early Monday stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque / Haram al-Sharif compound in occupied East Jerusalem.A statement by the General Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said that the settlers carried out today’s r...

Israeli security services on Sunday arrested two Palestinians suspected of axing to death three Israelis after a more than two-day manhunt, the latest killings in a spate of deadly attacks, france24 reported. The security services who previ...

China's gold reserves stood at 62.64 million ounces at the end of April, unchanged from that at the end of March, the country's central bank data showed late Saturday.Official data also showed that China's foreign exchange reserves fell to...

The Arab League on Saturday warned against Israel's approval of the construction of 4,000 new housing units in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, and the demolition of 12 villages south of Hebron.It said in a press release that t...

Turnout for the Lebanese parliamentary elections, which took place Friday, among the Lebanese community in Jordan, reached 60%, Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib announced.In a press conference, Bou Habib said 483 Lebanese voters...

Iraq Saturday announced that Monday, May 2, will be the first day of the al-Fitr Eid holiday.Iraq's Sunni Endowment Office said that the crescent of Shawwal was not sighted when specialised astronomers inspected it on Saturday, meaning that...

Two earthquakes measuring 4.8 and 4.0 on the Richter scale were registered Tuesday night, at 10:11pm and 11:02pm, in the southwestern region of Cyprus, according to the Jordan Seismological Observatory.The first earthquake was centered at a...

The Israeli military authorities reopened the Beit Hanoun (Erez) border crossing in the northern Gaza Strip after a two-day closure, which was slapped after rockets were fired from the blockaded territory.Thousands of workers from the Gaza...

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The families of migrants who died when their vessel capsized Lebanon's northern coast held funerals in the port city of Tripoli on Monday while rescue efforts continued to find dozens still missing.A dinghy carrying Lebanese, Syrian and Pal...