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Israel apologises to Jordan

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Jordan said on Thursday that Israel had formally apologized for the deaths of two of its citizens killed by an Israeli security guard last July in an incident that soured ties and led to the closure of the Israeli embassy in Amman, state media said. Government spokesman Mohammad al Momani was quoted by state news agency Petra as saying the Israeli foreign ministryRead more

Jordan says Israel apologizes for deaths of two Jordanians at embassy

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Israel apologizes to Jordan over deadly embassy shooting

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Israel has officially apologized for the killing of three Jordanians and offered to compensate their families, Jordan’s foreign ministry said Thursday. On July 23 last year, a security guard for the Israeli embassy shot dead a Jordanian worker who had come to an apartment to install furniture and who stabbed him in the back with a screwdriver, according to theRead more

Royal Jordanian implements additional security measures on US-bound flights

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The Royal Jordanian will start implementing additional security measures required in October 2017 by the United States authorities for US-bound flights as of Thursday, January 18, 2018, according to Petra, Jordanian News Agency. The airline currently operates 11 weekly flights to the US: five to Chicago, four to New York and two to Detroit, with a connection in Montreal. SecurityRead more

German defence minister warns

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Germany's Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday the war against the Islamic State group is not over, even if the jihadists have been "largely defeated militarily". Von der Leyen was speaking to reporters on her first visit to Jordan where Germany has 280 members of its forces as part of the US-led coalition's battle against IS inRead more

Jordanian graffiti artists brighten Amman's drab streets

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Dreadlocked university student Suhaib Attar clutches a can of spray paint as he sets to work on the latest gloomy corner of Jordan's capital that he has turned into his canvas. The leading light of a tiny group of graffiti artists, the 25-year-old is on a mission -- daubing flowers, faces and patterns across Amman to bring more colour to the lives ofRead more

The world will back us at UN, Palestinians tell Arab News

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Palestinian leaders are confident of overwhelming support at the UN General Assembly in New York this week for three votes on Palestine and Jerusalem. The world body will vote on Tuesday on the Palestinians’ right to self-determination and an independent state. On Wednesday, it will decide on a resolution about Palestinians’ rights to their natural resources. And on Thursday, itRead more

‘Overwhelming support’ for UN resolution on Jerusalem

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The UN Security Council is expected to vote on Monday on a draft resolution on the status of Jerusalem, with Palestinian leaders confident of overwhelming support from 14 of the council’s 15 members. “We have been in touch with Security Council members and we have been assured of their unity behind the Jerusalem resolution, which at its heart reaffirms theRead more

Bahrain attends regional workshop

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The Supreme Council for Women (SCW) took part in a two-day regional workshop in Amman, Jordan. The Arab League organized the event in cooperation with the with Jordan’s National Committee for Women’s Affairs and the United Nations (UN) The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). SCW National Strategy director Rana Ahmed Khalifa Al-AhmedRead more