Category: General

Speaker of the Lower House, President of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (APU), Atef Tarawneh, stressed the importance of supporting Jordan’s position, led by His Majesty King Abdullah II, in rejection of Israel’s scheme to annex lands in the West Bank.   During phone calls he made with a host of his Arab counterparts, Tarawneh said His Majesty King Abdullah II’s

“The Kingdom’s historic position, which is the stance of His Majesty King Abdullah II, aims to protect Lebanon and its people, and that we are working together to prevent any deterioration on the situation there,” Safadi pointed out.   Talks, Safadi said, focused on the implications of the Syrian crisis, adding: “We hope to see a political solution to end

The Vatican has warned plans to annex parts of the West Bank would risk efforts to bring peace between Israelis and Palestinians.   On 30 June Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See’s Secretary of State, met US ambassador to the Vatican, Callista Gingrigh, and Israel’s ambassador, Oren David, to “express concern” about any “unilateral actions,” according to a media statement

More than 130 female workers suffered suffocation due to inhaling insecticides at a clothing factory in North Shouna, Muath Bin Jabal Hospital Director Iyad Obeidat said.   Meanwhile, Labor Minister Nidal al-Batayneh was briefed by Obeidat on the workers’ conditions, as some of them were discharged from Muath Bin Jabal, and Abu Obeidah Public Hospitals on Thursday.   An investigation

Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, has told the Agency’s Virtual Advisory Commission that with the critical financial impasse the Agency has been facing, he was not sure whether the UNRWA will be able to maintain its operations until the end of the year.   “The funding gap in UNRWA’s Programme

One new infection with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) reported in the Kingdom on Wednesday, bringing the total caseload since the start of the pandemic to 1133, the Health Ministry announced.   The reported case was in contact with an infected person in Amman, according to a statement issued by the government and the Health Ministry.   4 cases were recovered,