Новости за 13.07.2016

AMMAN — Twenty-one defendants standing trial at the State Security Court (SSC) on terror-related charges on Wednesday pleaded not guilty during their opening trial, a senior judicial source said.

GENEVA — The United Nations and other aid agencies have enough food in eastern Aleppo to feed 145,000 people for one month, as 200,000-300,000 in the Syrian city are at risk of being besieged by Syrian government forces, the UN said on Wednesday.

AMMAN — The Jordan Times distributes on Thursday the 24th issue of Al Qibla newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Great Arab Revolt.

AMMAN — The case of an infected cow that went missing after it was seized by authorities in Irbid has been transferred to the prosecutor general, an official said on Wednesday.

RIYADH — Technical hitches limited the death tolls in three suicide attacks in Saudi Arabia but the apparent coordination of the blasts suggests extremists have the tools to sustain their bombing campaign.

ANKARA — Turkey has in the last month manoeuvered to end damaging foreign policy disputes with Israel and Russia, but Egypt and Syria will be tougher nuts for Ankara to crack in its drive for regional rapprochement.

BEIJING — An international tribunal ruling against Beijing’s extensive claims in the South China Sea is the Asian giant’s biggest diplomatic setback in years, leaving it facing a difficult choice between pragmatism and nationalism, analysts say.

LONDON — OPEC delegates say comments from top exporter Saudi Arabia, which two years ago led the group to drop its historic role of supporting oil prices, are a change in tone and a sign the kingdom is looking — verbally for now — to prop up the market.

AMMAN — Jordan Investor Confidence Index dropped in April 2016 by 1.75 points to reach 96.12 points compared to 97.87 points in March 2016. 

AMMAN — Jordan Investment Commission (JIC) President Thabet Al Wir and EU Ambassador to Jordan Andrea Matteo Fontana discussed preparations to hold a Jordanian-EU investment forum in Amman in the last four months of the year to boost bilateral cooperation, a statement said on Wednesday.