Новости за 07.03.2016

AMMAN — The Lower House on Sunday endorsed the Upper House’s amendments to the 2015 elections law, the last in a reform-oriented legislative package.

AMMAN — The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has reinstated the full value of the electronic food vouchers it uses to provide vital support to hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Syrians in Jordan, starting the coming month.

AMMAN — Jordan Media Commission Director General Amjad Qadi on Sunday circulated a gag order to all media outlets, banning all forms of publication regarding Tuesday’s raid on a terrorist cell in Irbid, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. 

CAIRO — Egypt has accused exiled Muslim Brotherhood officials of conspiring with Gaza-based Hamas fighters to assassinate Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat last year and arrested 14 people in connection with the attack.

TEHRAN — Iran has sentenced billionaire tycoon Babak Zanjani, reportedly one of the country's richest men, to death, convicting him of corruption after a long trial on accusations he fraudulently pocketed $2.8 billion.

ADEN — An Indian priest missing after an attack on a care home run in Yemen is being held by the assailants, likely militants from the Daesh terror group, officials said Sunday.

BRUSSELS — At least 25 people including children drowned trying to cross the Aegean Sea on Sunday, a day before a summit at which European leaders will urge Turkey to accept "large-scale" deportations of economic migrants from Greece.

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Standing by skips full of clothes, vendors call out to bargain hunters scrambling for the not-so-latest styles in the Gaza Strip.

AMMAN — Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC) President Nael Kabariti last week discussed with Anton Buttigieg, chief executive officer of Malta's commerce agency, ways to activate economic relations between the two countries at the private sector level. Kabariti praised the level of cooperation and coordination to organise the Jordanian-Maltese economic forum on April 11 during a scheduled official visit of Malta's prime minister to the Kingdom.