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Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has confirmed plans to launch scheduled service between Abu Dhabi (AUH) and Tel Aviv (TLV) later this month—less than 24 hours after Etihad Airways began flying between the destinations.  From April 18, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi intends to start a 3X-weekly route using Airbus A321neo aircraft. Flights are expected to increase to daily by late May.  The planned launch comes after Etihad operated its inaugural AUH-TLV service on April 6. The carrier will initially offer 2X-weekly ...

April 7, 2021 at 10:48 am | Published in: Jordan, Middle East, News Prince Hamzah Bin Al Hussein, half-brother of Jordan’s King Abdullah II [Wikipedia] April 7, 2021 at 10:48 am Ammans Attorney General, Hassan Abdallat, yesterday issued a gag order on the publication of any information related to Prince Hamza Bin Al Hussein and others to preserve the confidentiality of investigations conducted by security apparatus, Petra news agency reported. In a statement reported by Petra, Abdallat s...

Jordan bans media coverage of royal rift Jordan bans media coverage of royal rift IANS / Updated: Apr 7, 2021, 06:00 IST Saudi Arabia pledges support to Jordan AMMAN Jordan’s top prosecutor on Tuesday banned the publication of any information or material relating to a case involving former Crown Prince Hamzah. The ban aims to preserve the secrecy of the investigations conducted by the security services, the prosecutor said in a statement, according to the official Petra news agency. “The b...

Statement by Muhannad Hadi, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis All parties in Syria must ensure access to health for all during the COVID-19 crisis and take clear steps to end attacks on healthcare [EN/AR] Format On this World Health Day, we reflect on two tragic realities in Syria: a healthcare system weakened by ten years of conflict and a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is further pushing the healthcare system to a breaking point. The implications for the people of S...

Suez Canal In Global Trade & Politics The New Nation Md. Zillur Rahaman : A few days ago, the Ever Given - a container ship about 1,312 feet long, which is longer than the Eiffel Tower tall - was lodged sideways in Egypts Suez Canal, where it has blocked all other ships from passing. Serious efforts have been made to remove it, but they have elapsed six days to clear the route. This blockage has made a hefty financial loss not only for Egypt, but also for the global trade and ec...

Jordans King Abdullah: Painful palace crisis is over The 59-year-old monarch gave a televised address in his first public remarks on the alleged coup led by his half-brother Hamzah. US President Joe Biden spoke to Abdullah earlier to offer Washingtons support. King Abdullah II said the sedition had been "nipped in the bud" Jordans King Abdullah II on Wednesday declared the Arab nations unprecedented political crisis was over after allegations emerged that his half-brother Prince Hamzah plotted...

The West cannot afford a revolution in Jordan  The country is a beacon of stability in a troubled region - which is why, a hundred years after creating Jordan - we need to support it 7 April 2021 • 6:00am This week’s centenary marking the creation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which Winston Churchill famously claimed he accomplished “with a stroke of a pen, one Sunday afternoon in Cairo”, promises to be a low key affair given the recent turmoil affecting the country’s royal fam...

Jordanian press goes silent over plot prince Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If youre not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Prince Hamzah (center) arrives to attend a speech by Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein in downtown Amman, Jordan, on Sept. 9, 2015. | REUTERS AFP-JIJI Apr 7, 2021 Amman – Jordan’s Prince Hamzah, accused of plotting against the kingdom’s “security and stability,” disappeared fro...

Jordan’s King Abdullah says ‘sedition’ quashed Al Jazeera English © A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace on March 23, 2021 shows Jordanian King Abdu... King Abdullah says the sedition has been quashed [Jordanian Royal Palace Handout/AFP] Jordan’s king Abdullah has addressed the rare public rift within the royal family for the first time, saying the “sedition” that caused him anger and pain has been buried. In a statement broadcast to the nation...

Jordan King Says Palace Crisis Over 04/07/21 AT 2:56 PM Jordans King Abdullah broke his silence Wednesday to tell his nation that the worst political crisis in decades sparked by an alleged plot involving his half-brother Prince Hamzah was over. The government had accused Hamzah -- a former crown prince who was sidelined as heir to the throne in 2004 -- of involvement in a conspiracy to "destabilise the kingdoms security" and arrested at least 16 people. But Abdullah said Wednesday that Hamzah,...