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6 vessels carrying 50,000 head of sheep arrive at Aqaba port By JT - Apr 01,2021 - Last updated at Apr 01,2021 Six vessels carrying some 50,000 head of sheep have arrived at the Aqaba port, General Manager of the Aqaba Company for Ports Operation and Management Khaled Al Maaytah said on Thursday (Photos courtesy of Khaled Al Maaytah) AMMAN — Six vessels carrying some 50,000 head of sheep have arrived at the Aqaba port, General Manager of the Aqaba Company for Ports Operation and Management Kh...

A video showing Israeli and Jordanian women embracing and meeting caused an uproar among Jordanians late last month. It was posted on Israel’s official Arabic-language Facebook page, highlighting an Israeli government-backed initiative called Bless Your Hands. The initiative purports to “support the socioeconomic and environmental well-being of the communities of Israeli and Jordanian women” in Wadi Araba, an area south of the Dead Sea along the border between Israel and Jordan. Under the...

123RF El-Jem has been featured in Monty Pythons The Life of Brian, as well as the film Gladiator. Not all roads lead to Rome. The Romans roamed far and wide, leaving impressive structures beyond the borders of Italy. El-Jem, Tunisia This huge and beautifully preserved 3rd-century amphitheatre is something of a celebrity, having been featured in Monty Pythons The Life of Brian, as well as the film Gladiator, and even a Nike football commercial. Its easy to see what drew the location scouts: ...

AMMAN — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Jordan has said that the Government of Jordan has been “generously hosting” large numbers of refugees for decades. UNHCR works closely with the Government of Jordan to promote protection and solutions for refugees and asylum seekers in Jordan, UNHCR spokesperson in Amman Mohammad Hawari told The Jordan Times

Photo courtesy of Rediff  Kannan was ten when he joined the LTTE; he left when he was fourteen. His testimony on what he had experienced as a child soldier recruited against his will and forced into combat revolutionised international human rights law when Amnesty International insisted on including acts by non-state groups as human rights violations. From there emerged a strong coalition of international human rights groups against child recruitment, which has successfully lobbied for sweepin...

A bridge to firmer ground: Learning from international experiences to support pathways to solutions in the Syrian refugee context Format At the Decade Mark of the Syrian Conflict and Displacement Crisis, New Report Spotlights Promising Practices Around World to Support the Resilience of Refugees and Host Communities AMMAN and WASHINGTON — Ten years into Syria’s violent conflict, Syrians remain the largest refugee population worldwide, with nearly 5.5 million living in Turkey, Lebanon, Jorda...

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3 men get 10-year prison terms for plotting subversive acts By Rana Husseini - Mar 17,2021 - Last updated at Mar 17,2021 AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld an August State Security Court (SSC) ruling, sentencing three men to 10 years in prison each for plotting subversive acts against security agencies and liquor shops in Zarqa in July 2019. The defendants were also convicted of promoting Daesh’s ideology through social media to gain more sympathisers and were handed the maximum puni...

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30 Apr 2021 International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communi...