Jordan, Germany Sign €47M Agreement to Boost Water Security

Ammon News - Jordan and Germany have reinforced their enduring partnership through a €47 million financing agreement signed for the "Development of New Water Resources" project in the Kingdom. The agreement was signed by Minister of Planning and...

Jordan announces gas, renewables, and hydrogen projects

Jordan’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Saleh Kharabsheh, has announced a package of strategic projects designed to strengthen the country’s energy independence and reduce fuel import costs These projects are part of the second...

Can the Jordan-Israel peace treaty survive damage done from the Gaza War?

MENASource October 10, 2025 • 12:06 pm ET Print this page Can the Jordan-Israel peace treaty survive damage done from the Gaza War? By Amir Asmar The 1994 peace treaty between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Israel is facing a reckoning—with...

Jordan holding 'significant' arms cache earmarked for PA but blocked by Israel

Jordan is keeping “very significant” quantities of arms that the US is using to train Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces, which Israel is refusing to allow back into the occupied West Bank, multiple people briefed on the matter, including...

Royal Jordanian to launch flights to Belgrade in April next year

Royal Jordanian Airlines will introduce a new year-round service between Amman and Belgrade in April 2026, with flights to be scheduled shortly. As reported by EX-YU Aviation News back in June, the Oneworld member will return to the Serbian...

Amman hosts exhibition titled "Echoes of Centuries: Musical Instruments of Azerbaijan"

Cairo, October 8, AZERTAC The opening ceremony of the exhibition titled "Echoes of Centuries: Musical Instruments of Azerbaijan" was held in Amman, Jordan. Organized under the patronage of Princess Dana Firas, President of the Petra National Trust...

Amir meets several heads of state, government

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met Monday with a number of leaders of nations and heads of government and delegations participating in the Sharm El Sheikh Peace Summit, at the International Convention Centre in Sharm El...

Leading multi-asset trading broker Exness opens Amman office

Exness, one of the world’s largest multi-asset trading brokers, has opened its first Middle East and North Africa (MENA) office in Amman, Jordan. This milestone coincides with the company securing an operating licence from the Jordan Securities...

Jordan sentences nine in Muslim Brotherhood plot against kingdom

Jordan’s State Security Court on Wednesday issued verdicts in a series of high-profile cases that, authorities said, threatened national security and sought to incite unrest, offences that were first revealed in mid-April, the Jordan News Agency...

Jordan hands down sentences to convicts involved in weapons manufacturing, illegal recruit training

AMMAN, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Jordan's State Security Court on Wednesday handed down verdicts against several defendants convicted in cases involving weapons manufacturing and recruiting young men for illegal activities, the state-run Petra news...

$3.38bln in water projects underway to enhance services across Jordan — minister

AMMAN — Minister of Water and Irrigation Raed Abu Saud said on Thursday that the total value of financed, ongoing, and planned projects in the water sector currently stands at JD2.4 billion, including 29 projects under implementation that would...

Jordanian Jets Triumph Over Syrian Armor in Fierce Irbid Battle

The reported destruction of Syrian armor near Irbid by Jordanian jets reveals a persistent truth about regional conflicts: political calculations often override military logic, with devastating consequences for forces on the ground. Historical...

Jordan sentences nine in Muslim Brotherhood plot against state

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) -A Jordanian military court on Wednesday sentenced nine defendants to between three and 15 years in jail over an alleged Muslim Brotherhood-linked plot to destabilise the country, a case that led authorities...

Jordan, IMF reach staff-level agreement on fourth EFF review

AMMAN — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Jordan have reached a staff-level agreement following the fourth review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the first review under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF). In a...

Jordan: ACT sees 19% rise in received containers until September

AMMAN — Statistics released by the Jordanian Logistics Association (JLA) revealed a 19.1 per cent increase in the number of cargo-loaded containers entering the Kingdom through the Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) during the first nine months of...

Jordan-Sweden trade exchange reaches $52mln in first seven months of 2025 — DoS

AMMAN — The volume of trade exchange between Jordan and Sweden reached some JD37 million during the first seven months of 2025, with a trade deficit of JD31 million in favour of Sweden, according to foreign trade data issued by the Department of...

Jordan: Prince Hussein to launch C8 2025 conference on cybersecurity, emerging technologies in November

AMMAN — Under the patronage of HRH Crown Prince Hussein, the C8 2025 Conference and Exhibition on Cybersecurity Advancement, Innovation, and Technology will be held on 18 November at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre, Dead Sea. The...

Jordan’s renewable energy share rises from 0.5% to 27% in decade — minister

AMMAN — Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Kharabsheh on Tuesday said that Jordan has achieved a significant leap in the renewable energy sector over the past decade, with renewable sources contributing nearly 27 per cent to the...

Jordanian of Palestinian Origin Among Nobel Chemistry Laureates

Marrakech – The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne, and Omar M. Yaghi of the University of California, Berkeley, for their groundbreaking development...

Jordan Participates in Global Conference on Countering Terrorism

Ammon News - A Senate delegation, headed by Senator Hussein Hawatmeh, took part in the Global Parliamentary Conference on Counter-Terrorism and the Prevention of Violent Extremism, held in Istanbul, Türkiye, on Oct. 7–8. The event, organized...