The Latest Breaking News from Jordan

BFI announces jumbo squad for Asian youth and junior championships

NEW DELHI: India would be represented by a massive 50-strong contingent at the Asian Youth and Junior boxing Championship for men and women in Amman, Jordan from March 2 to 15.

The Times of India · Feb 25, 2022

Archaeologists find ritual hunt site in Jordanian desert from 7,000 B.C

Archaeologists have discovered a stone age site dating back to 7,000 B.C. in a remote desert in Jordan, with structures which show humans were rounding up and hunting gazelles much earlier than previously thought.

Reuters · Feb 23, 2022

Archaeologists Find 9,000-Year-Old Shrine in Jordan Desert

A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists said Tuesday that it had found a roughly 9,000-year-old shrine at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert. The ritual complex was found in a Neolithic campsite near large structures known as “desert kites,” or mass traps that are believed to have…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 23, 2022

Revealed: king of Jordan used Swiss accounts to hoard massive wealth

Leak shows King Abdullah was beneficial owner of at least six Credit Suisse accounts

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2022

Palestine Expresses Reservations over Statements on Normalizing Ties with Israel

The Palestinian Authority on Sunday expressed reservations about a clause referring to the Arab normalization with Israel in the final statement of a quadripartite meeting held Saturday in Munich, Germany. A meeting for Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Jordan, France and Germany was held Saturday on the sidelines of the Munich…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 21, 2022

Germany to begin rollout of Novavax’s jab; New Zealand to end vaccine mandates after Omicron peak

Latest updates: Germany hopes protein-based vaccine comparable to flu jabs will help sway people sceptical of mRNA vaccines

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2022

Infantry soldiers swap green fields of Co Antrim for Jordanian desert

2 Rifles B Company are taking part in Exercise Olive Grove until the end of March.

The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2022

Military working dogs Lucy and Ace hone their skills in Jordan

The dogs became the most popular residents of the camp during Exercise Olive Grove.

The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2022

‘Elephant in the room’: Jordanian women and equal rights

Recognition of ‘Jordanian women’ in the constitution ignited a brawl in parliament and debate over their status.

Al Jazeera · Feb 18, 2022

Jordan Detects 160 Drug Smuggling Groups Operating behind its Border with Syria

Jordan’s army announced that 160 groups of traffickers are operating in southern Syrian, near the border with Jordan. It also confirmed that security channels for communication are up and running with the Syrian regime regarding the matter.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 18, 2022