Новости за 23.02.2016

AMMAN — Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) has reconsidered its plan to sell Umniah after it announced earlier that it was considering a sale of the company.

FRANKFURT/LONDON — Mars Inc has recalled chocolate bars and other products in 55 countries, mainly in Europe, after a piece of plastic was found in a Snickers bar in Germany, the US confectionery maker said on Tuesday.

ANKARA — Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday announced a multi-million-dollar aid package for the country's struggling tourism industry, which has been hit by a crisis with Russia and security concerns.

PARIS — Oil prices will remain low at least until next year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned on Monday, expecting any 2017 recovery to be slow as massive oil stocks feed into the market.

NEW YORK — Standard & Poor's (S&P) downgraded Total, Statoil and BP on Monday, saying cheap oil prices would weaken the financial strength of the three top European oil companies.

Exhibited under the title “Energy and Transformation” at Instituto Cervantes, Mexican artist Pedro Trueba’s works hold true to their promise: they exude intense energy and are executed in different styles and techniques (continuous transformation) to create a world that wishes to “capture the identity and soul of Mexico”.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama launched a final push on Tuesday to persuade Congress to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but lawmakers, opposed to rehousing detainees in the United States, declared his plan a non-starter.

AMMAN — MP Hind Fayez resigned from the Lower House on Monday after an altercation between her and House Speaker Atef Tarawneh during the morning session. 

AMMAN — The latest population census has revealed that the Kingdom's population has almost doubled over the past decade, according to official data released on Monday.

ISTANBUL — Turkey's military said on Monday it had killed 14 militants in a drive against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the southeast as an envoy from the European parliament denounced what she said were rights abuses by Ankara.

QIRA, West Bank — Mohammad Arbassi, a 56-year-old father of five sons from the West Bank village of Qira, has a diploma in finance and big plans for his children, two of whom are at university.

UNITED NATIONS — Condemning rampant war crimes in Syria's nearly five-year-old war, a report by a UN commission of inquiry said Monday that accountability for these horrors must be part of the peace process.

AMMAN — Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Monday said the 2015 population and housing census included several indicators that help researchers, students, politicians and planners make decisions based on facts.

CAIRO — Egypt's interior minister apologised Monday for human rights abuses committed by police after a policeman killed a driver with his service weapon in Cairo last week.

LONDON — With its red, white and blue banners, patriotic slogans and ubiquitous country songs, the presidential campaign marching through South Carolina and Nevada seems like an all-American affair. But it holds familiar overtones for Europeans watching anxiously from abroad.

AMMAN — Jordan Investment Commission (JIC) President Thabet Al Wir highlighted the Jordanian experiments in Islamic banking and halal food as a gate for cooperation with Germany to support the Kingdom's investment and economic environment. 

AMMAN — Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) President Issa Murad on Monday demanded that the government make incentives for companies employing local workers, suggesting a reduction in social security deductions to help create more jobs.