Новости за 09.08.2016

TOKYO — The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Tuesday marked 71 years since its destruction by a US atomic bomb, with its mayor lauding a visit by US President Barack Obama to Hiroshima earlier this year.

AMMAN — Border Guards late on Monday foiled an infiltration attempt from Syria into the Kingdom, the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) said. 

AMMAN — Police on Tuesday said that the main suspect in the killing of Second Lieutenant Nart Nafesh in August 2014 was killed during a dawn raid on his house in Maan.

Um Al Kheir, Palestinian Territories — Israel demolished five homes in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, leaving 27 Palestinians homeless, more than half of them children, residents and an Israeli rights group said.

AMMAN — A new by-law on political party financing will encourage parties to be active in shaping political life in the Kingdom, a top official said on Tuesday. 

AMMAN – Amjad Qourshah’s lawyer on Tuesday submitted a second petition for bail for the Muslim preacher to the State Security Court (SSC).

AMMAN — The Higher Education Ministry on Tuesday warned students not to enrol in “fake” diploma courses at unlicensed centres in Jordan or abroad.  

WASHINGTON — The US-led military effort against the Daesh terror group started exactly two years ago, aimed at halting the extremist as they swept across Iraq, leaving a trail of human butchery and destruction in their wake.

WASHINGTON — The US State Department has approved the potential sale of more than 130 Abrams battle tanks, 20 armoured recovery vehicles and other equipment, worth about $1.15 billion, to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel accused Hamas on Tuesday of siphoning off UN aid meant for Palestinian civilians, its second allegation this month of misuse of international relief funds in the Gaza Strip.