King designates Hani Mulki to form gov’t, dissolves House
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday entrusted Hani Mulki to form a new government, succeeding that of Abdullah Ensour, which resigne ...
Crown Prince attends Mutah University graduation
May 30, 2016
Iraqi forces poised for Fallujah assault
May 30, 2016
Thousands flee Daesh offensive in northern Syria — monitor
May 30, 2016

Local

11th issue of Al Qibla reprinted

By JT - May 30, 2016

AMMAN — The Jordan Times distributes on Monday the 11th issue of Al Qibla newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Great Arab Revolt. The four-page ...

Two-year-old girl succumbs to injury from ‘stray bullet’

By Omar Obeidat - May 30, 2016

AMMAN — A two-year-old girl died on Sunday of wounds she sustained on Friday when a stray bullet reportedly struck her in Salt City, a secur ...

Senate president visits Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant

By JT - May 30, 2016

AMMAN — Senate President Faisal Fayez on Sunday visited the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant in Russia and toured its facilities, the Jordan Ne ...

Region

Iraq Kurds launch offensive east of Mosul

By AFP - May 29, 2016

ERBIL — Iraq's Kurdish peshmerga forces on Sunday launched an offensive to retake areas east of Mosul, the Daesh terror group’s main hub in ...

Forces backed by Libya's unity gov’t seek to encircle Daesh-held Sirte

By Reuters - May 29, 2016

UN urges Syrian gov’t to stop blocking aid deliveries

By Reuters - May 28, 2016

Iran's Khamenei warns of Western 'schemes' as new MPs meet

By AFP - May 28, 2016

Syria the world’s most dangerous place for health workers — WHO

By AFP - May 26, 2016

World

Between 700-900 migrants may have died at sea this week — NGOs

By Reuters - May 29, 2016

ROME — At least 700 migrants may have died at sea this past week in the busiest week of migrant crossings from Libya towards Italy this year ...

Breakaway Taliban faction expresses support for peace talks

By AP - May 29, 2016

French gov’t keeps up tough line as petrol shortages ease

By AFP - May 28, 2016

North Korea warns South Korea of retaliatory strikes

By AFP - May 28, 2016

Clashes as France gripped by fresh wave of strikes

By AFP - May 26, 2016

Business

German economy minister blasts Merkel on EU-US trade treaty

By AFP - May 29, 2016

FRANKFURT — Germany's economy minister lashed out at Chancellor Angela Merkel for her "wrong" stance on a huge EU-US free trade pact in an i ...

Kuwait to spend $115b on oil projects
Kuwait's KNPC in talks for $6.4b in loans for Clean Fuel project

Features

Cellphone radiation raises concerns despite low risk

By AP - May 29, 2016

WASHINGTON — A new federal study of the potential dangers of cellphone radiation, conducted in rats, found a slight increase in brain tumour ...

Linking academia with the public sphere
Microsoft’s Windows 10 push comes to shove for some users

Sports

Ronaldo helps Real hand Atletico another final defeat

By Reuters - May 29, 2016

MILAN — Real Madrid handed Atletico Madrid another cruel Champions League final defeat when Cristiano Ronaldo’s spot kick saw them beat thei ...

Thompson’s 41 points, 11 3-pointers save Golden State’s season
Najjar wins Round 3 of Speed Test Championship

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