The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) closed Monday’s trading session up by 0.23 percent at 1,829 points. A total of 6.9 million shares were traded through 2,705 transactions at a trading value of JD6.9 million.The closing prices of 38 companies with traded s…
Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was pronounced dead on Monday after fainting during a court hearing in Cairo, according to state media. In the session he was granted permission to address the judge. After the session was adjourned, the former p…
The national budget deficit decreased to JOD303.7 million in April 2019 compared with a deficit of JOD377.8 million in the same period in 2018, according to the government’s fiscal bulletin that was published Monday. The deficit in the national budget …
H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, commended the role played by Egypt in ensuring regional stability, noting that the current circumstances the region is passing through entail “cementin…
Amman, Four people died in a collision between a coaster bus and a truck on the Desert Highway near the Pilgrims (Hojaj) city in the southern governorate of Ma’an, an official source said Sunday. The Civil Defense Directorate (CDD) said in a statement …
Amman, The Department of Palestinian Affairs on Sunday hosted a coordination meeting of Arab countries hosting Palestinian refugees, with delegations from Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt and the Arab League.The gathering comes ahead of the meeting …
Actors that seek to destabilise the Middle East and North Africa with their backwards, extremist stances, impede the region’s ultimate development goals, said H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Coope…
Amman, Jordan’s tourism revenues during the first third of 2019 rose by 6.1% to reach $1.7billion (around JD1.2 billion), compared to $1.6 billion generated during the same period last year, official data revealed. According to the Central Bank of Jord…
Amman, Authorities are investigating a footage purportedly showing a man beating an 8-year-old child in the wake of wide public uproar over the incident. A Public Security Department (PSD) statement said the alleged abuser turned himself in to police a…
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and His Majesty Sultan Abdullah bin Sultan Ahmad Shah, King of Malaysia, discussed ways of enhancing the cooperation betwee…