13+ hour, 12+ min ago   (333+ words) AMMAN — Orange Jordan has received the Recognised for Excellence (R4E) certificate with a 6-star rating from the King Abdullah II Centre for Excellence (KACE), the national representative of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) in Jordan. With this achievement, the company…...

12+ hour, 17+ min ago   (213+ words) BERLIN — Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday named a new transport minister, completing a chaotic Cabinet reshuffle sparked by a senior party member resigning over a surrogacy scandal.

Steffen Bilger, 47, of Merz's conservative CDU Party, will be formally appointed on Wednesday…...

12+ hour, 44+ min ago   (514+ words) AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi held talks on Monday with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres that focused on regional developments and ways to strengthen cooperation between Jordan and the UN and its agencies. During…...

12+ hour, 45+ min ago   (692+ words) — Government employees will be able to access unpaid leave after three years of service instead of five — Private schools will be classified into six categories based on education quality, management, performance indicators — New social protection and welfare fund framework to…...

12+ hour, 24+ min ago   (481+ words) AMMAN — The Cabinet, during a session chaired by Prime Minister Jafar Hassan on Monday, approved an agreement with the French Development Agency to help finance the National Water Carrier Project, with an initial contribution of $97 million, as the government moves…...

15+ hour, 15+ min ago   (919+ words) Jordan expresses solidarity with Spain, France, Italy over wildfires AMMAN, BORDEAUX — Firefighters faced another day battling massive blazes scorching forests across France and Spain Monday, with a forecast of another heatwave in southwest France threatening to deepen the crisis. More…...

16+ hour, 20+ min ago   (214+ words) Saudi says Iran-backed groups in Iraq targeted territory with drones AMMAN — Jordan on Monday condemned attempted drone attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province and the capital Riyadh that were launched from Iraqi territory. In a statement on…...

21+ hour, 50+ min ago   (128+ words) AMMAN — The Royal Jordanian Air Force intercepted and shot down two drones targeting the Kingdom on Monday morning, the Jordan Armed Forces–Arab Army (JAF) said. In a statement, the JAF said that the interception resulted in no casualties or…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (670+ words) SAO PAULO — Brazil's right-wing Liberal Party has formally nominated Flavio Bolsonaro, a 45-year-old senator and son of imprisoned ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, as its candidate in the October presidential election. He is set to face off against leftist incumbent Luiz Inacio…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (551+ words) AMMAN — Six cultural and natural heritage sites have been placed on UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger, amid growing threats from armed conflicts, climate change, development pressures and other challenges, according to a UNESCO statement issued following a meeting…...