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Jordan on Tuesday condemned as “terrorist” an attack on a school in the Russian city of Izhevsk on Monday, which killed and injured a number of students and staff. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Tuesday reaffirmed the kingdom’s rejection of violence and terrorism, offering sincere condolences to the government and people of Russia and the victims’ families

Media spokesperson of Public Security Directorate (PSD) denied reports alleging that 62 narcotic pills were found at a school in central Balqa governorate. In a statement on Thursday, the official dismissed media reports as “untrue” and a rumor aimed to ignite fear of students and their families, noting that such an incident did not happen in Balqa governorate, nor any

Director of Public Security Directorate (PSD) Maj. Gen. Obaidullah Maaytah, on Thursday inaugurated Leadership Academy headquarters at Royal Police Academy (RPA), in the presence of British Ambassador to Jordan Bridget Brind. Speaking at the ceremony, Maaytah stressed the importance of bolstering training facilities to provide an appropriate environment for transferring expertise and offering security and police skills. The newly-launched Leadership

The United Nations Transforming Education Summit (TES) 2022 kicked off Monday at the UN headquarters at the leaders level. TES is being convened in response to a global crisis in education – one of equity and inclusion, quality and relevance. Often slow and unseen, this crisis is having a devastating impact on the futures of children and youth worldwide, according

Labor Minister Nayef Stetieh on Monday met with his Egyptian counterpart Hassan Shehata on the sidelines Arab Labor Conference currently held in Cairo. The meeting covered cooperation in labor affairs between Jordan and Egypt, according to a ministry statement. Stetieh also met with Libyan Minister of Labor and Rehabilitation Ali Al-Abed Al-Ridha, and discussed leveraging Jordanian expertise, allowing Jordanians to

A two-week training course on the preventive conservation of mosaics at archaeological sites was launched Monday in the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Dana Firas, President of the Petra National Trust and the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Cultural Heritage. The course, which brought together conservation and restoration experts, was held by the Department of Antiquities, in partnership with the

Bluemont Organisation and Al Hussein Technical University (HTU) Sunday signed an agreement to develop the capability of 20 Jordanian university students and Syrian refugee university graduates in science, technology and agricultural technologies and fo…