AMMONNEWS - The Kingdom is expected to bake in a scorching heat wave that will push mercury levels well above annual average by almost 5-6 degrees Celsius and just two degrees shy from the 40C threshold in the capital, Amman, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily reports.

AMMONNEWS - Belgian Ambassador to Jordan, Filip Vanden Bulcke, has said Jordan and Belgium maintain strong relations in various political and economic domains, stressing that the distinguished relationship between the royal families in both countries has reflected positively on bilateral cooperation

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Sunday vowed that his government will not back down on its efforts to combat corruption and protect public money, stressing that the anti-graft fight is enshrined in royal directives and demanded by the public.In a televised weekly message addressing loc

AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said Saturday that about 175 Jordanians will return from Syria across the Jaber-Nasib border crossing after securing their homecoming.Ministry spokesperson Daifallah Al-Fayez said that the procedures for transporting the Jordanians from

AMMONNEWS - A 70-year-old woman succumbed to COVID-19 in Amman Saturday, taking the death toll across the country to 11, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).Five infections were recorded today, all from abroad as the caseload reaches 1,214. Three of the newly recorded cases were for arriv

AMMONNEWS - Mercury is forecast to hover around seasonal average, as regular summer is forecast to prevail in highlands, plains, and hot tipped for the other areas, with northwest to moderate winds, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily update.On Sunday and Monday, the Kin

AMMONNEWS - The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) agents arrested 3 people for holding a party that violated defense orders in place, Jordanian customs and traditions inside a farm in the northern Jerash governorate.After a video circulated online showing a «violating» party, the CID perso

AMMONNEWS - European Council President Charles Michel has offered a revised plan for the European Union's (EU) proposed economic recovery fund to break a deadlock between the bloc's 27 leaders on the second day of a summit in Brussels, according to a document, diplomats and officials.The EU lead

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, stressed the importance of the EU's role and its member states to block implementation of Israel's decision to annex Palestinian lands and revive the peaceful efforts aimed at resolving the conflict based on the two-state solutio

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday stressed the need to expand the scope of social protection to better the most vulnerable, while continuing to build on the progress achieved amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to enhance services currently offered to beneficiaries.

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Hala Zawati on Thursday announced that Iraq will resume pumping oil to the Kingdom after completing the logistical procedures.In a press statement, Zawati said that the two sides agreed last week to resume export of Iraqi oil to the Zarqa-base

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Health, Dr. Saad Jaber, signed an agreement with the Pfizer Inc., a global biopharmaceutical company, to provide Jordan with two million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, once manufactured and proved to be «successful» worldwide.In a press statement issued on Thursday, Jaber

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister, Omar Razzaz, stressed the importance of the Jordan Customs Department (JCD)'s role in protecting the Kingdom from smuggling harmful goods, which contribute to increasing the national economy's competitiveness and protecting public money.Razzaz made the remarks during

AMMONNEWS - Five new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Jordan on Thursday, bringing the total number to 1,206 since the start of the crisis, according to the Ministry of Health.The one local case is in the capital Amman and contact tracing is underway, the ministry said.The other four case

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi and his Portuguese counterpart Augusto Santos Silva held talks over the phone Wednesday for a discussion on bolstering cooperation between the two countries to address the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.The top diplomats h

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday noted the need to maintain Arab coordination to counter the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and its ramifications, especially its impact in the coming months on some countries’ food reserves.At a meeting with a group of political, econo

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz Wednesday said that the relationship between professional associations and the government is a national interest that represents the rule of law and participatory in serving the country.In a meeting with a number of professional associations' heads, Razzaz

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Education, Tayseer Nuaimi, announced the school year 2020/2021 is scheduled to begin early next September.Nuaimi said the next school year will resume «as usual,» however form of the educational process will be governed by the epidemiological situation in the Kingdom, add

AMMONNEWS - 3 imported Covid-19 cases recorded in Jordan on Wednesday

AMMONNEWS - Minister of State for Media Affairs, Amjad Adaileh, said the government has not set a specific date for reopening airports to operate flights from «green» countries, whose epidemiological situation is labeled «low risk.»In media statements to «Petra» on Wednesday, Adaileh said the go

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday stressed the importance of sustaining the services provided by UNRWA as key to the security and stability of the region.Receiving UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini at a meeting attended by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein b

AMMONNEWS - His Royal Highness Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, President of the Jordan Football Association and the West Asian Football Federation, on Wednesday said the decision to ban former Afghan football president for life for abusing female players was «fair».On his Facebook page today, Prince

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister, Omar Razzaz, said the government will show zero tolerance with tax evasion, and penalties will become stricter for tax evaders.The law stipulates commitment from all taxpayers to pay income tax, and justice requires all to be under its rule, the PM pointed out.Dur

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz chaired part of a meeting of the team tasked with addressing public sector financial and administrative violations listed in Audit Bureau reports, a day after meeting senior bureau staff members.During the meeting, which was attended by Minister of State fo

AMMONNEWS - 15 new infections with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in the Kingdom on Tuesday, one of which was locally-transmitted, bringing the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic to 1198.The newly 15 recorded cases are for one person who came in contact w

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah has sent a cable to President Andrzej Duda of Poland, congratulating him on his re-election.In the cable, King Abdullah expressed Jordan’s keenness to advance its ties of friendship with Poland, wishing President Duda success, and the people of Poland furthe

AMMONNEWS - Jordan's trade balance deficit with countries of the European Union (EU) stood at JD666 million, decreasing during the first four months of this year by 21.8 percent, compared to JD852 million during the same period of 2019.A Department of Statistics (DoS) report showed Tuesday that

AMMONNEWS - The Income and Sales Tax Department Tuesday denied a local TV report that the government re-imposed a general sales tax on sanitizers and face masks.It clarified in a press statement that the sales tax on masks and sterilizers has been cut from 16 per cent to 1 per cent since March,

AMMONNEWS - Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, and UNRWA's Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, said they would continue working together to mobilize the required political and financial support to enable the UN Agency to keep providing its vital services to Palestinian refugees in accordance wit

AMMONNEWS - Four COVID-19 cases were recorded in the Kingdom Monday, all of which had come from abroad, pushing the caseload in the country to 1,183, according to the Ministry of Health.The Ministry issued a release clarifying that 3 of the newly recorded cases are for Jordanians coming from abr

AMMONNEWS - His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II on Monday attended a ceremony to launch a Public Security Directorate (PSD) leadership course, held at the Gendarmerie Forces headquarters.Crown Prince Al Hussein conveyed His Majesty King Abdullah’s greetings to all PSD pers

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz said Monday that his government fully supports enhancing the independence of the Audit Bureau to perform its oversight role to protect public money from abuse or misuse.The Prime Minister said during a visit to the Audit Bureau, where he met with its presi

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday held two separate meetings with the chairpersons and members of the UK House of Commons committees on foreign affairs and defence.The teleconference meetings, attended by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, covered the strat

AMMONNEWS - The Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) forecast normal summer conditions on Monday over the highlands and plains, and hot weather in other parts of the country, with northwesterly moderate to brisk winds.In Amman and other highlands, north and south, daytime temperatures will ran

AMMONNEWS - The government is facing a challenge in changing the people's perceptions on combating graft as they are «deep and negative,» and deeply ingrained within the people's mindsets, Minister of State for Media Affairs Amjad Adaileh said Sunday.Adaileh, who is also the spokesperson of the