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SHARE The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans to invest at least €2.1 billion ($2.47bn) in the Middle East and North Africa this year, mostly in the renewables and technology sectors, an executive of the London-based bank said. The lender already has investments in a number of countries in the region, including Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan and the West Bank and Gaza. “Last year, we’ve done €2.1bn in the Mena region and this would roughly be similar ...

Royal Rivalry Bares Social Tensions Behind Jordan’s Stable Veneer The standoff between King Abdullah II and his half brother, Prince Hamzah, wasn’t just palace intrigue. It hinted at Saudi meddling and highlighted wider tensions within Jordan’s complex society. A poster of King Abdullah II of Jordan on a street in Amman on Wednesday.Credit...Mohammad Ali/EPA, via Shutterstock April 10, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET AMMAN, Jordan — The prince and the general paced the garden outside the...

Published April 10, 2021, 2:41 PM The Philippines was officially tapped to host some of the remaining games of the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers in mid-June after being postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. FIBA Asia’s regional office in Beirut, Lebanon announced late Friday, April 9, that Clark, Pampanga will hold games in Group A, B and C under a bubble setup on June 16 to 20, barring another health crisis that may force another postponement. Games in Group E and F will take place in Amm...

UNICEF, Dar Abu Abdullah join hands in creating jobs amid pandemic By Batool Ghaith - Apr 08,2021 - Last updated at Apr 08,2021 UNICEF and Dar Abu Abdullah have partnered to provide women and youth in Jordan with access to employment through the production of hundreds of thousands of non-medical face masks to support the national COVID prevention response, in addition to providing training in financial literacy and leadership (Photo courtesy of UNICEF) AMMAN — UNICEF and Dar Abu Abdullah have...

The palace feud has exposed the long simmering tensions in Jordan When Jordan’s King Hussein was on his deathbed, fighting cancer, he surprised the nation by dismissing his brother Hassan bin Talal as Crown Prince in favour of his son Abdullah. Prince Hassan had been Crown Prince for more than three decades and was almost sure to ascend the throne. But he accepted the King’s decision and when Hussein died on February 7, 1999, Abdullah became the new monarch. As per the dying wishes of his f...

The sudden visit to COVID victims families that sparked Jordans royal rift By Suleiman Al-Khalidi Reuters AMMAN (Reuters) -When Prince Hamza visited the relatives of COVID-19 patients who died after a hospital ran out of oxygen, he triggered a rift in Jordans monarchy that has shaken the countrys reputation as a stable country in a volatile region. The March 14 visit to the city of Salt was, in the words of a senior establishment figure, the "straw that broke the camels back", coming as it did ...

Royal conflict resolved, says Jordans King ANI | Updated: Apr 09, 2021 07:33 IST Amman [Jordan], April 9 (ANI): Jordans King Abdullah II has said that a sedition attempt has been quashed and that he has mended his relationship with his half-brother, who the government had accused of spearheading a plot against the countrys leaders. Abdullah made his first public remarks on the internecine feud in a letter to the public Wednesday, maintaining that the Mideas...

Jordan marks muted centenary after palace crisis AFP 1 hr ago AFP © Khalil MAZRAAWI Portraits of the monarch are ubiquitous in Jordan, not just in the run-up to the centenary of the states creation Jordan will mark 100 years of survival Sunday as a resource-poor country in a war-ravaged neighbourhood, but the worst palace crisis in decades and the coronavirus pandemic threaten to overshadow any celebrations. "Nobody would have bet a dinar on the survival of the state, creat...

Published date: 9 April 2021 10:30 UTC | Last update: 1 min 15 sec ago The possibility of foreign interference cannot be dismissed, with Riyadh and Tel Aviv both potentially motivated to push for regime change A poster of Jordan’s King Abdullah II, queen Rania and their son Crown Prince Hussein in Amman on 6 April 2021 (AFP) An attempted coup was reportedly foiled in Jordan last week. But according to a reliable Middle East scholar with inside knowle...

When Hunter was a teenager, his father suffered a life-threatening brain aneurysm. Years later, in 2015, his beloved brother Beau, the familys rising political star and Hunters soulmate, died a terrible death from brain cancer at age 46. Hunters marriage, already on the rocks, ended. And he soon began an ill-fated romantic relationship with his brothers widow, which plunged the family into yet more drama. His three daughters and estranged wife were horrified by the publicity, and he fretted ...