Jordan chairs 7th Safety Enhancement Initiatives meeting

Ammon News - Amman on Sunday hosted the seventh meeting of the Safety Enhancement Initiatives Implementation Group (SEIG/7), chaired by Jordan. The event also featured the National Continuous Monitoring Coordinators (NCMC) meeting and the Regional...

Jordan, Spain Discuss Youth Cooperation

Ammon News - Minister of Youth Raed Sami Adwan and Spanish Minister of Youth and Childhood Sira Abed Rego. on Sunday discussed ways to enhance bilateral cooperation in the youth sector, in the presence of the Spanish Ambassador to Amman, Miguel de...

Jordan, Netherlands Discuss Relations, Regional Developments

Ammon News - President of the Senate Faisal Fayez on Sunday met with the Ambassador of the Netherlands to the Kingdom, Stella Kluth, at his office in the Senate, for talks on ties and regional developments. The meeting focused on ways to enhance...

Jordan welcomes Exness, one of the world’s largest CFD brokers

Exness, one of the world’s largest multi-asset trading brokers, is proud to announce the opening of its first Middle East and North Africa (MENA) office in Amman, Jordan. This milestone coincides with the company securing an operating license from...

Jordan king to attend Gaza peace summit in Egypt: State TV

Jordan's King Abdullah II will attend an international Gaza peace summit in Egypt on Monday, state media reported. "Jordan will participate in Sharm el-Sheikh Peace Summit, scheduled to be held on Monday, co-chaired by Egyptian President Abdel...

Jordan, U.S. Business Leaders Explore Pathways to Expand National Exports to American Market

Ammon News - The Irbid Chamber of Industry held discussions with a delegation from the Jordanian American Business Council, led by Dr. Tareq Al-Hassan, to examine strategies for strengthening trade and investment ties and boosting Jordanian...

45 Freedom Flotilla Detainees Arrive in Jordan

Amman – Saba: The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday the arrival in the Kingdom of 45 individuals from 10 countries who were detained by Israeli forces aboard the Freedom Flotilla ships while sailing to break the blockade on...

Culinary Arts Academy, Swiss Embassy Launch Vocational Training Project

Ammon News - The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts (RACA) and the Swiss Embassy in Amman signed a cooperation agreement, marking the launch of the implementation phase of the Enabling Learning and Employment through Vocational Advancement and...

Al-Sisi, world leaders meet in Sharm El-Sheikh to coordinate Gaza ceasefire implementation

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Monday participated in a high-level meeting on the sidelines of the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit, bringing together Jordan’s King Abdullah II, the leaders of France and Turkey, Qatar’s Emir, Germany’s...

Why Jordan is intensifying its crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood

Last Wednesday, the State Security Court of Jordan handed down prison sentences of varying lengths to nine individuals over their alleged links to the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Out of them, two were sentenced to 15 years for trying to...

'You Look Great... Quit Smoking': Turkish President Erdogan Advices Italian PM Meloni At Peace Summit In Egypt - VIDEO

Leaders from around the world convened in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday for a peace summit aimed at solidifying the ceasefire in Gaza and charting a path toward stability in the Middle East. A short clip from the summit has gone viral on...

Ministry of Youth and Orange Jordan Explore Opportunities for Enhanced Collaboration

Minister of Youth Dr. Raed Sami Al-Adwan and CEO of Orange Jordan, Eng. Philip Mansour, discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the ministry and the company, in the presence of Eng. Rana Al-Dabbaneh, Executive Director of the Corporate...

Al-Badour: Opening New Doors for Medical Tourism in Jordan

Minister of Health Dr. Ibrahim Al-Badour held a series of bilateral meetings with several of his counterparts from Islamic countries on the sidelines of the Islamic Conference of Health Ministers, hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Amman...

Beyond Gaza ceasefire: Jordan, Arab world, and the fragility of peace

In the streets of Amman, the unease is palpable. Café conversations revolve around Gaza; shopkeepers glance more at television screens than at customers; mothers pause in markets, watching news clips with tears and disbelief. For Jordanians, Gaza...

Trump joins world leaders at signing of Gaza ceasefire in Egypt

US President Donald Trump declared the Gaza war over on Monday after hundreds of Palestinians and Israelis were freed from imprisonment. Mr Trump led a signing ceremony in Egypt for a Gaza ceasefire deal he hailed as a historic moment for the...

Jordan's NPC, Kuwait Drilling Company sign $174mln deal to explore, develop Risha gas field

AMMAN — The National Petroleum Company (NPC) and the Kuwait Drilling Company on Thursday signed a strategic agreement to drill 80 new wells in the Risha gas field, at a total cost of $174 million, under a turnkey system over four years. NPC...

Jordan's inflation rises by 1.85% in first 9 months

AMMAN — The Consumer Price Index (CPI), a key measure of inflation, recorded an increase of 1.85 per cent during the first nine months of 2025, compared with the same period in 2024, the Department of Statistics (DoS) said on Thursday. In its...

Jordan: Industrial index decreases 0.54% in 8 months

AMMAN — The Kingdom’s industrial index recorded a decline by 0.54 per cent for the first eight months of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, the Department of Statistics (DoS) said on Thursday. On a monthly level, the index fell by 0.75...

Breakthrough in Gaza: Ceasefire Takes Hold as World Leaders Convene in Sharm el-Sheikh

Moscow/Sharm el-Sheikh, October 13, 2025 – In a rare moment of cautious optimism amid two years of unrelenting conflict, the war in Gaza appeared to edge toward resolution today as Hamas completed the release of the 20 remaining living Israeli...

Historic Ceasefire Ushers in Fragile Hope for Gaza Amid Global Push for Palestinian Statehood

Jerusalem, October 13, 2025 – In a dramatic turn amid the ruins of a two-year conflict that has scarred the Middle East, U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Israel on Monday to a hero's welcome, declaring the "long and painful nightmare" of the...