Новости за 02.08.2016

AMMAN — Prospective candidates can register to stand for the September 20 parliamentary elections in the period from August 16 to 18, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said on Tuesday.

BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi has imposed a travel ban on several parliamentary officials accused of corruption, his office said Tuesday, but the parliament speaker rejected the order.

AMMAN — Jordan was ranked third among Arab countries and 35th internationally on the 2016 Basel Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Index.

AMMAN — Jordan’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have reached 66 billion cubic feet since the opening of the country’s first LNG terminal in 2015, a government official said on Tuesday.

AMMAN — Criminal Investigation Department (CID) personnel have arrested two suspects in the theft of JD12,000 from a business in Irbid, the Public Security Department (PSD) said on Tuesday. 

AMMAN — The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) has changed the schedule of its employees who work outdoors due to the exceptionally hot weather in the Kingdom, a GAM official said on Tuesday.  

ISTANBUL – The foiled coup attempt seeking to unseat the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cost the Turkish economy 300 billion lira ($100 billion/90 billion euro), the trade minister was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

AMMAN –– The value of Irbid's exports to foreign markets during the first half of 2016 reached $290 million, down by 0.5 per cent of the $292 million in the same period of 2015.

SAN FRANCISCO — In a world where there’s a smartphone app for everything, one company __ Amazon.com Inc. — has long been the host for an outsized share of online software and computing services.

TRIPOLI — Libyan forces said Tuesday they were advancing inside the extremist bastion of Sirte, as Washington conducted a second straight day of air strikes on the Daesh terror group positions in the city.