Новости за 18.08.2016

AMMAN — A Royal Decree has been issued appointing Sima Bahous as Jordan’s permanent representative to the UN. 

AMMAN – Candidacy registration for the September 20 parliamentary polls closed Thursday with the Independent Election Commission (IEC) announcing that 230 lists applied since the beginning of the process. 

AMMAN — The Labour Ministry on Thursday said that violations reported at garment factories in Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) were “minor” and did not amount to human trafficking.

AMMAN — The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup trophy will begin its tour of Jordan at Zaatari Refugee Camp on Sunday, a Local Organising Committee (LOC) official said on Thursday.

AMMAN – Mayors of northern municipalities say they are not receiving enough support to cope with the “severe” pressure on services and infrastructure brought on by the influx of Syrian refugees.  

ANKARA — Turkey was rocked by three deadly bombings against police and military forces as Kurdish guerrillas launched a new campaign of attacks targeting areas that are not predominantly Kurdish.

KIEV — Ukraine on Thursday reported the heaviest rebel shelling attack in the separatist east for a year in what the president said could be a prelude to a full-scale Russian invasion.

BEIJING — The increase in people dying in India from air pollution will outpace the rate of such deaths in China, as India drags its heels over environmental rules while opening more coal mines, the head of a US research group said on Thursday.

QADISIYA LABOUR CAMP, Saudi Arabia — Migrant construction workers, abandoned in their thousands by Saudi employers in filthy desert camps during the kingdom's economic slump, say they will not accept a government offer of free flights home unless they receive months of unpaid wages.