AMMONNEWS - Minister of Education, Dr. Tayseer Nuaimi, said the educational process will continue as planned, as the vision of the Jordanian state is based on the sustainability of education as a priority amid these Covid-19-induced «exceptional» circumstances.Speaking during a joint press confe

AMMONNEWS - Minister of State for Media Affairs, Amjad Adaileh, said that the government doesn't tolerate «twisting the state's arm.»"The Jordanian state, which has accumulated achievements and gains over the past 100 years, especially in the areas of health, education and security, won't abando

AMMONNEWS - Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (CARC) has informed international airlines that Jordan's airports will reopen on the 5th of next month and accordingly could begin operating flights to the Kingdom, announced its Chief Commissioner/CEO , Haitham Misto.In a press statement made to

AMMONNEWS - The Kingdom on Sunday is expected to bake in a scorching heat wave that will push mercury levels well above annual average by almost 7-8 degrees Celsius and just one degree shy from the 40C threshold in the capital, Amman, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily repo

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Wissam Rabadi and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director and Representative Sarah Gordon-Gibson on Sunday signed a $700-million agreement to provide assistance to one million vulnerable Jordanians and refugees, wi

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Sunday emphasized that the state derives strength from robust and equal law enforcement and a society enjoying its rights and exercising its duties as enshrined in the law.In a televised weekly speech, the prime minister said that "the Jordanian state ca

AMMONNEWS - Eight new coronavirus cases, all came from abroad, were recorded in Jordan Saturday, raising the caseload since the outbreak in the Kingdom to 1,154, according to the Ministry of Health.It said in the daily brief by the Prime Ministry and the Health Ministry that the new cases were f

AMMONNEWS - The thirteen defendants, who are members of the suspended Teachers Association, were referred on Saturday to the Amman Prosecutor General to be interrogated over presented investigative lawsuits brought against them.The defendants were interrogated according to the due legal principl

AMMONNEWS - A slight rise in temps is forecast on Saturday, and the weather will be relatively hot in the highlands and blistering in other areas, with northwest to moderate winds, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily update.On Sunday, the Kingdom will be affected a a sev

AMMONNEWS - Amman Prosecutor General Hassan Abdallat Saturday ordered a two-year closure of the Teachers Association and its branches and offices, and the suspension of the syndicate's council and central commission members over criminal charges.He also issued summons against the defendants (mem

AMMONNEWS - Jordan's Deputy General Hassan Al Abdullat said on Saturday that members of the council of the Jordanian teachers' union have been relieved of their duties pending several investigations including into corruption allegations and incitement on social media.In a statement that said the

AMMONNEWS - A Chinese researcher accused of concealing her ties to the Chinese military on a visa application she submitted so she could work in the US was booked Friday into a Northern California jail and was expected to appear in federal court Monday.Sacramento County jail records show Juan Ta

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister, Omar Razzaz, said the law is equally applied on all Jordanians, praising efforts of the state's institutions and departments in fulfilling their role in this regard.Razzaz's remarks were made as he addressed a meeting via teleconferencing, held at the Ministry of Inte

AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Health announced 11 new non-locally transmitted cases were recorded in Jordan on Wednesday, bringing the total caseload to 1131.

AMMONNEWS - Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II on Thursday inaugurated the military retirees club in Maan Governorate.Crown Prince Al Hussein reaffirmed King Abdullah’s k

AMMONNEWS - The Work, Production and Supply Chains Committee decided on Thursday to allow popular markets to resume operations.The decision, which was taken in cooperation with the Epidemiological Committee, comes in the context of reviewing the procedures related to dealing with the Covid-19 cr

AMMONNEWS - Four people were killed while another was severely injured Thursday morning after a trailer truck collided with a vehicle near the al-Qatrana bridge on the desert highway.Rushing to the scene, the Civil Defense Department's rescue crews found that three people had died as a result o

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Industry, Trade, and Supply / Head of Work, Production and Supply Chains Committee, Tariq Hammouri, decided to extend the working hours for all economic activities until midnight, effective as of Wednesday.The minister also extended citizen mobility to 1 a.m., which alter

AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Health announced 7 new non-locally transmitted cases were recorded in Jordan on Wednesday, bringing the total caseload to 1120.The Ministry said the Covid-19 caseload has dropped after a request made by the World Health Organization (WHO) to exclude infections of no

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz emphasized in a meeting he held Wednesday with industrialists the importance of increasing the reliance of the health sector in Jordan on the national industry.Razzaz, who chaired the meeting, pointed out a meeting that is slated to take place this evening

AMMONNEWS - The explosion at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility early July was due to a “security breach,” an Iranian lawmaker said Wednesday.Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation (AEOI) said on July 2 that an accident had taken place at a construction site in the Natanz nuclear site in central Iran wit

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi and the deputy supreme commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Wednesday discussed bilateral ties and means to advance them across all sectors to serve mutual interests.In talks in Abu Dhabi

AMMONNEWS - A slight drop in mercury levels is expected on Wednesday, but they will remain few degrees above the annual average, so hot weather conditions will continue to prevail in many parts of the Kingdom, except in the mountains and plains where it will be relatively hot, according to the Jorda

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Tuesday warned that an Israeli plan to annex parts of the West Bank would fuel a new wave of violence and extremism in the Middle East.Speaking to the British newspaper The Guardian, Razzaz said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's annexation

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz Tuesday announced that all ministries and government offices will be closed as of Thursday, July 30, to Monday, Aug. 3, as the Kingdom marks the occasion of Eid Al Adha.The circular exempted ministries and public institutions, "whose nature of work require

AMMONNEWS - Media Minister: Airports reopen in first half of August

AMMONNEWS - 46 new COVID-19 cases recorded in the Kingdom, all of which had come from abroad, Sunday, bringing the caseload to 1,218 since the start of the outbreak in the country, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

AMMONNEWS - A Royal Air Force (RAF) Blackhawk helicopter made an emergency landing after suffering a technical failure while on a routine drill, but no injuries were reported, according to a Jordan Armed Forces- Arab Army source.The source said that the attack helicopter suffered a brownout-rela

AMMONNEWS - Jordan will remain on Monday and Tuesday under the influence of a scorching heat wave that will push temperatures 4-5 degrees above their annual average, according to the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD).In Amman and other highlands, north and south, daytime temperatures will

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi discussed with Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn efforts to re-launch «serious» negotiations to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.In a discussion over the telephone, the ministers reviewed regional and interna

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah, at Al Husseiniya Palace on Sunday, received Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, who conveyed greetings from Egypt President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.King Abdullah asked Shoukry to convey his greetings to President El Sisi, reaffirming the deep-rooted and s

AMMONNEWS - 85 MPs have «deplored» the use of the Lower House Speakership as platform to tackle family matters, and to discuss issues currently being handled by the Judiciary, according to a statement signed by the deputies on Sunday.The MPs reject the use of the Speakership platform and work in

AMMONNEWS - Four COVID-19 cases were recorded in the Kingdom, all of which had come from abroad, Sunday, bringing the caseload to 1,218 since the start of the outbreak in the country, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).Three of the newly registered cases are for people who had come from S

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi and his Iraqi counterpart, Dr. Fouad Hussein, discussed steps being taken by the two brotherly countries to enhance «historic, brotherly» relations and increase cooperation in all fields.During a phone call he made on Sunday w

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, on Sunday expressed pride in the role and capabilities of the JAF in safeguarding the Kingdom’s borders.At a meeting with commanders of JAF Border Guard units, King Abdullah stressed the need to bo