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26/10/2025

From the Speech from the Throne at the opening of the 20th Parliament’s second ordinary session
(Photos courtesy of Royal Court)

26/10/2025

Her Majesty Queen Rania on Instagram: "During today’s opening of the Parliament’s second ordinary session. May God bless you, Your Majesty"

26/10/2025

His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday inaugurated the second ordinary session of the 20th Parliament and delivered the Speech from the Throne.

AMMAN—His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday inaugurated the second ordinary session of the 20th Parliament and delivered the Speech from the Throne. Following is the full English...

26/10/2025

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26/10/2025

The Jordan Times (JT) marks its 50th anniversary on Sunday as the Kingdom’s only English daily

25/10/2025

His Majesty King Abdullah is scheduled to open the 20th Parliament's second ordinary session on Sunday, where he will deliver the Speech from the Throne.

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah is scheduled to open the 20th Parliament's second ordinary session on Sunday, where he will deliver the Speech from the Throne. Following the...

25/10/2025

Minister of Government Communication Mohammad Momani has said that Jordan will have no “military roles” in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.

Speaking to the Jordan TV’s “60 Minutes” on Friday, Momani said that the Kingdom will continue its humanitarian efforts to alleviate the large-scale suffering of the Palestinian people in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

“Jordan supports all efforts seeking to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people and help them realize their legitimate right of an independent state of their own,” Momani said.

“We will not have any military roles in Gaza and the West Bank.”

The Gaza Peace Agreement, brokered by the US, calls for sending an international force to Gaza to oversee the security situation and police the ceasefire.

Describing the Israeli move to annex the West Bank as “hostile policy,” Momani expressed thanks to the US and international community in rejecting such Israeli schemes.

US President Donald Trump has dismissed an effort by Israeli lawmakers to move ahead with annexation of the occupied West Bank, saying Israel is "not going to do anything with the West Bank."

Israel’s Knesset (parliament) has voted to give preliminary approval to a bill to impose Israeli sovereignty on the occupied West Bank.

Jordan, along with 14 Arab and Islamic countries, on Thursday condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli Knesset’s approval of two bills to impose so-called “Israeli sovereignty” over the occupied West Bank and illegal Israeli settlements.

The Foreign Ministry said in a statement,” The move represents a blatant violation of international law and UN Security Council resolutions, particularly Resolution 2334, which condemns all Israeli measures aimed at altering the demographic composition, character, and legal status of Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem.”

24/10/2025

In 1990, a defining moment reshaped Central Asia’s political map. From the vast steppe of Eurasia emerged the Republic of Kazakhstan, young nation determined to chart its destiny and give voice to its independent identity.

AMMAN — In 1990, a defining moment reshaped Central Asia’s political map. From the vast steppe of Eurasia emerged the Republic of Kazakhstan, young nation determined to chart...

23/10/2025

HRH Crown Prince Hussein on Thursday attended the closing ceremony of the second Arab Camel Racing Cup, hosted in Jordan for the first time, and the fifth Jordan Camel Racing and Nabataean Poetry Festival.

The Crown Prince watched the final laps of the Arab Camel Racing Cup and the Jordan Camel Racing Festival, which took place in Al Disi area in the Kingdom’s south, in addition to a performance by the Public Security Directorate Royal Desert Forces’ camel patrols unit, according to a Royal Court statement.

During the ceremony, attended by President of the International Camel Racing Federation Prince Fahad bin Jalawi, the Crown Prince presented prizes to the winners.

Competitors from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Somalia, and Djibouti took part in the 2025 Arab Camel Racing Cup.

23/10/2025

A senior UN official warned Wednesday of "generational" impacts in Gaza from malnutrition among pregnant women and babies, urging a surge of aid to help prevent potential lifelong health issues.

"The sheer extent of the devastation looked like the set of a dystopian film," Andrew Saberton, deputy executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), told reporters after his visit to the war-torn enclave.

He said that a quarter of Gaza's population is "starving."

"That includes 11,500 pregnant women for whom starvation is particularly catastrophic for both mother and newborn," said Saberton, whose agency leads reproductive and maternal health programs around the world.

As a result, 70 per cent of newborns are premature or underweight, compared to 20 percent before Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel kicked off the war.

"Malnutrition will have generational effects, not on the mother, but on the newborn, likely to result in ever longer lasting care and problems throughout the life of the baby," he said at UN headquarters in New York.

The recent ceasefire has allowed more freedom of movement for humanitarian workers, said Saberton, but only a "trickle of aid" is being allowed in, that is "nowhere near enough."

The lack of medical supplies and facilities is also a major factor, he said, with over 94 percent of hospitals damaged or destroyed, and only 15 per cent of operational facilities offering emergency obstetric care.

"Maternal death rates are high, partly due to the fact that simple things like contraception are no longer available," he said, noting some potential mothers are "looking for and doing unsafe abortions."

In addition, some 700,000 women and girls struggle each month with a lack of privacy, water and sanitary pads during their menstrual cycle.

Saberton warned that an estimated 170,000 people face "significant urinary or reproductive tract problems" that if "not sorted quickly and early, will bring potential lifelong implications."

Appropriate drugs and medical attention could "easily" fix the issues, he said.

23/10/2025

Abila belonged to Decapolis and is located approximately 20 kilometres east of the Jordan Valley and 20 kilometres north of Irbid. There is a constellation of significant archaeological sites in north-western Jordan and Abila has been one of them.

AMMAN — Abila belonged to Decapolis and is located approximately 20 kilometres east of the Jordan Valley and 20 kilometres north of Irbid. There is a constellation of significant...

23/10/2025

Ryanair announces the launch of its most extensive winter flight programme to Jordan, offering more than 300,000 seats across 18 routes connecting the Kingdom with 12 European countries

AMMAN — Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost airline, on Wednesday announced the launch of its most extensive winter flight programme to Jordan, offering more than 300,000 seats...