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Saudi Arabia, United Arabs Emirates and Kuwait have pledged a $2.5 billion aid package to protests-hit Jordan, while the European Union announced a €20 million support to the Jordanian troubled economy. Saudi Arabia convened Sunday in Mecca an emergency Gulf Read more
As protests continue in different parts of Jordan demanding the withdrawal of the draft text on income tax and the change of the economic system, the Jordanian government, led by Prime Minister Hani Mulqi, presented Monday his resignation to King Read more
Rumors about the death of Libya’s strongman, renegade general Khalifa Haftar have been denied, still he is reportedly in coma in a Paris hospital after suffering a severe stroke during a visit to Jordan. The news of the Hafter being Read more
UNESCO will launch April 24 a pilot project: “Youth Preventing Violent Extremism” in four Arab countries, namely Jordan, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. Funded by the UN Counter-terrorism Centre (UNCCT) and Canada, the project seeks to empower youth in the fight Read more
Jordan reaffirmed on Wednesday its support for the Moroccan identity of the Sahara and for the Morocco-proposed autonomy initiative. This came during the talks held, in Amman, by Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita with his Jordanian counterpart Aymane Safadi. Read more
The kingdom of Belgium Wednesday announced allocation of $23 million for the UN Relief and Work Agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) one day after the US announced it was cutting $65 million off its $125 million annual contribution. Deputy Prime Minister Read more
Two journalists of local news website Jfranews have been arrested for the publication of an alleged defamatory article accusing finance minister of tax evasion. The portal’s editor-in-chief, Shadi al-Zinati, and editor Omar Sabra al-Mahrama were rounded up Tuesday after an Read more
Head of the Palestinian Hamas movement Tuesday stressed that the US is working on a peace plan proposing to Palestinian leaders the village of Abu Dis, close to Eastern Jerusalem, as the future capital of Palestine. Ismail Haniyeh revealed the Read more
The UAE has been ranked at the world’s largest donor of developmental aid relative to its national income, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in a recent report. The UAE donated aid worth $4.24 billion in 2016, Read more
Jordanian lawmakers have overwhelmingly demanded review of the 1994 Wadi Araba peace treaty with Israel in show of support to Palestinians and in protest to President Trump’s move declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel and his plans to transfer the Read more