Новости за 25.08.2016

JEDDAH — US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday announced a fresh international peace initiative for Yemen aimed at forming a unity government to resolve its 17-month-old conflict.

AMMAN — The Cassation Court has upheld a Criminal Court ruling sentencing a man to 20 years in prison for the murder of a woman. 

AMMAN — The government is spending JD244 million on development programmes in Aqaba this year, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Imad Fakhoury said during a visit to the governorate on Thursday.

AMMAN — The government will not rescind a decision to reduce tax exemptions on imported used cars, despite protests by car dealers, Finance Minister Omar Malhas said on Thursday.  

CAIRO — Egypt cannot afford to keep its museums open let alone search for ancient buried treasures because of the economic crisis, the antiquities minister says.

TEHRAN — Iran will take part in an informal meeting of OPEC countries in Algeria next month, state media reported on Thursday. 

KARKAMIS, Turkey — Turkey sent more tanks into northern Syria on Thursday and demanded Kurdish militia fighters retreat within a week as it seeks to secure the border region and drive back the Daesh terror group with its first major incursion into its neighbour.

KABUL — Twelve people, including seven students, were killed in an attack on the American University in Kabul that sent hundreds of students fleeing in panic, police said on Thursday, before the assault ended when two gunmen were shot dead.

Nothing stays the same. If there is one field where this is particularly true it is in Information Technology (IT), and perhaps in its most significant aspect, the Web.

AMMAN — The fifth and crucial round of the popular Jordan Drift Championship kicks off on Friday at SOFEX racetrack with the participation of 43 drivers.