Tourism sector revenue in Jordan increased during the first four months of 2023 by 84.5 percent, recording a value of about 2.2 billion U.S. dollars. According to the Tourism Ministry’s monthly bulletin, nearly 2 million [Read More]
Jordan’s Ministry of Environment initiated a campaign in early May to enforce 2017 regulations prohibiting the usage, production, and circulation of all black plastic bags except for waste collection. It also obliges manufacturers to show [Read More]
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani and visiting Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen Faraya agreed on Sunday to promote bilateral security cooperation, especially in the field of drug control. During their meeting held in the Iraqi [Read More]
Jordanian Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s “incursion” into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound earlier in the day. Ben-Gvir’s visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which was made under the protection [Read More]
Jordan’s Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh recently discussed with a visiting mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ways to strengthen bilateral relations to help realize Jordan’s economic goals. The IMF delegation, headed by IMF mission [Read More]
Jordan and Iraq reached a deal on Thursday to renew the export of Iraqi crude to the kingdom under preferential terms, Jordan’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said in a statement. The deal was [Read More]
Foreign ministers of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt and Syria met on Monday to discuss a political solution to Syria’s humanitarian, security and political crises. After a consultative meeting in Jordan’s capital Amman, the ministers [Read More]
Jordan on Tuesday evacuated 90 more citizens as well as nationals of Palestine, Iraq and Syria from the conflict-stricken Sudan. At the Marka Military Airport in the Jordanian capital of Amman, Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister [Read More]
Israel’s foreign minister on Monday called for the indictment and punishment of a Jordanian parliament member, following the latter’s arrest in Israel for allegedly attempting to smuggle guns into Israel. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen [Read More]
Experts in Jordan are hailing the National E-Commerce Strategy introduced earlier this month as a potential game changer that could boost e-commerce and drive economic growth in the kingdom. The 10-year strategy, which started in [Read More]
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