AMMONNEWS - Minister of Labor Nidal Bataineh has set a mechanism aimed to facilitate the return of expatriate workers to the Kingdom, as Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) was reopened recently officially to the air traffic operations.As per the mechanism okayed by Bataineh, migrant workers

AMMONNEWS - 80 new Covid-19 cases, including 79 local infections recorded on Thursday

AMMONNEWS - A total of 103 cases of coronavirus infections, including 99 local cases, were reported in the Kingdom on Tuesday, bringing the caseload since the start of the pandemic to 2581.The cases were 4 people who came from the USA, Iraq and Egypt and were staying at quarantine hotels, 57 in

AMMONNEWS - Health authorities on Tuesday decided to place Ghor As-Safi area in the southern governorate of Karak, under lockdown as of today until further notice.The decision was based on a ministerial committee recommendation, in coordination with the coronavirus crisis cell, and due to the in

AMMONNEWS - The government will not impose a blanket curfew in any of the country's governorates on Friday, Minister of State for Media Affairs told journalists Tuesday.In a press conference, Adaileh said that instead of imposing curfews, the government is ramping up its monitoring and control o

AMMONNEWS - Jordan will Tuesday open its skies for regular international flights after a six-months lull prompted by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in March.A Fly Jordan charter flight with 140 passengers on board will be the first to land in Amman at 06:45 this evening coming from Tu

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi and his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita on Tuesday discussed over the telephone regional developments, with a focus on the Palestinian issue and efforts to reach a political solution to the Libyan crisis.According to a stat

AMMONNEWS - Two Syrian refugees have been diagnosed with the COVID-19 disease in the eastern Azraq camp, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced on Tuesday.The two cases were evacuated to an isolation facility in the Dead Sea region, the refugee agency said, adding t

AMMONNEWS - Troops in the Northern Military Zone on Sunday thwarted an attempt by an individual to infiltrate the Kingdom from Syria, an official military source in the General Command of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army announced on Tuesday.The army personnel applied the rules of engagement an

AMMONNEWS - Institutional quarantine procedures in force for arrivals at airports will also apply to drivers coming at land border crossings as part of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, Land Transport Regulatory Authority Director general Salah Lozi said.He told Petra in an inte

AMMONNEWS - Health Minister: 103 virus cases recorded Tuesday, including 99 local infections

AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Health said Monday it recorded 67 coronavirus cases in the Kingdom, including 61 local infections, raising the caseload since the outbreak of the pandemic to 2478.According to the news brief by the Prime Ministry and the health Ministry, the cases were 46 in the Amman

AMMONNEWS - An 85-year-old woman was announced dead on Monday in the Prince Hamzah Government Hospital, due to the coronavirus.The hospital's director, Abdul Razzaq Al-Khashman, told the Jordan News Agency (Petra) that the woman was suffering from chronic diseases, and a few days ago, she was pu

AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Monday inveighed against the decision of both Kosovo and Serbia to move their embassies to Jerusalem, describing it as a «flagrant violation» of international law.Daifallah Fayez, the Ministry's spokesperson, said that the decision f

AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday condemned the terrorist attack on two Tunisian guard officers in the coastal resort of Sousse, which killed one and wounded the other.Ministry Spokesperson Daifallah Fayez reaffirmed Jordan’s stance with the government and people of Tunis, s

AMMONNEWS - Phillip Morris International (PMI) has all but become synonymous with tobacco, standing as a pillar and industry leader. The company is in the midst of a transformation, moving away from traditional tobacco products to a technology and science-based vision of a “smoke-free future.”To

AMMONNEWS - Director of Prince Hamzah Hospital, Abdulrazaq Khashman, announced the death of an 37-year-old man, which is the seventeen death case due to Covid-19 in the Kingdom.The man was on ventilators in the Intensive Care Unit(ICU) at Prince Hamza Hospital and his health condition was critic

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday visited Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) to review measures taken by the government to resume flight operations.Accompanied by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, King Abdullah called for implementing public health an

AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Monday condemned the ongoing Israeli violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif, the latest of which was the installation by Israeli police of loudspeakers on the walls of the holy compound and the arrest of religious endowment st

AMMONNEWS - Phillip Morris International (PMI) has all but become synonymous with tobacco, standing as a pillar and industry leader. The company is in the midst of a transformation, moving away from traditional tobacco products to a technology and science-based vision of a “smoke-free future.” T

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Sunday announced that his government will gradually reinstate mandatory military service (also known as Banner Service) in a bid to address poverty and unemployment and invest in youth potentials.«The government will gradually reintroduce the »Banner Ser

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday said the upcoming parliamentary elections are a constitutional requirement, stressing that hopes are pinned on an improving and stable epidemiological situation.At a meeting with key figures from a number of governorates at Al Husseiniya Palace, at

AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Health (MoH) recorded Sunday 58 COVID-19 infections, 53 of which are domestic, bringing the caseload to 2,411.Breaking down the details of the infections, a joint statement issued by the MoH and the Prime Ministry said that 41 of the 53 newly domestic cases were recor

AMMONNEWS - The media spokesperson of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), Jihad Momani, said public officials and employees, wishing to run for the Nineteenth Parliament, must provide their resignations prior to September 10, next Thursday.Officially submitted ahead of parliamentary elect

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, on Sunday, discussed with the Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, developments on the Palestinian cause and efforts made to find a «real» horizon for resol

AMMONNEWS - The extreme late-summer heat wave that has brought above-40 temperatures to the Kingdom is expected to roast the region through the rest of the week, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily brief.Mercury levels today are expected to score 9 to 10 degrees above an

AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Health has urgently requested the Prime Ministry to make an exception to appoint new medical staff in order to reinforce the shortage in some of the health facilities, especially in Al-Bashir hospital, Minister Saad Jaber announced Sunday."The ministry asked to appoin

AMMONNEWS - One new coronavirus case has been recorded in Ramtha, Irbid's Health Affairs Director Riyad al-Sheyyab said on Sunday.The new case is for a truck driver, who tested positive after being randomly checked by the epidemiological investigation teams, al-Sheyyab added.

AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Health said Saturday it recorded 52 coronavirus cases in the Kingdom, including 43 local infections, raising the caseload since the outbreak of the pandemic to 2,353.According to the news brief by the Prime Ministry and the health Ministry, the cases were 22 in the Am

AMMONNEWS - The weather remains dry and sizzling nationwide, as «a low» chance of light and shattered rain, especially in the Kingdom's southern regions, is forecast, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily brief.Winds will be northwesterly to northeasterly moderate, picking

AMMONNEWS - The Ukrainian Parliament has ratified four agreements with Jordan, which were signed during the official visit of Minister of Justice, Dr. Bassam Talhouni, to Kiev late last year.In a press statement issued on Saturday, the Ukrainian embassy in Amman said the endorsed agreements rela

AMMONNEWS - His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II said Jordan, led by His Majesty King Abdullah, "believes a better global integration is the way forward, a re-globalisation that builds on the strengths and resources of each of us, for the benefit of all, ensuring global synergy

AMMONNEWS - Director of the Prince Hamza Government Hospital Abdul Razzaq Al-Khashman said Saturday that 5 coronavirus cases are in critical condition in the health facility, 3 of them with kidney failure.He told Petra this morning that 3 of those admitted, who were aged 34, 40 and 50, did not h

AMMONNEWS - China will require passengers arriving on direct flights from the US to provide negative Covid-19 nucleic-acid test results taken within 72 hours of the flight.Passengers traveling from the US to China, and those transiting in any country that the Chinese government has listed as req

AMMONNEWS - A very hot and dry weather conditions are forecast, on Friday, as the heatwave continues to affect the Kingdom, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily brief.Winds will be southeasterly moderate, the JMD added.Temperatures in the capital Amman are expected to