Новости за 28.08.2016

AMMAN — Weight loss surgeries are on the rise in Jordan, while efforts are under way to ensure the operations meet the highest international standards, the Jordan Medical Association (JMA) said on Sunday. 

AMMAN – Five Jordanians from the same family were killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night after their vehicle overturned on a highway, according to the Saudi Red Crescent Authority. 

BAGHDAD  — Iraq's security forces continue to gear up for a long-awaited operation to retake the Daesh-held city of Mosul. But they will be doing so without the minister of defence who has presided over most of the military's recent successes against the extremist group.

AMMAN — A reprint of the 37th issue of Al Qibla newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Great Arab Revolt, is distributed with today’s Jordan Times issue. 

BAGHDAD — Iraq asked Saudi Arabia on Sunday to replace its ambassador in Baghdad after his comments about Iranian involvement in Iraqi affairs and the alleged persecution of Sunni Muslims angered local Shiite Muslim politicians and militia leaders.

HRAJELA, Syrie — Yazan, a four-year-old who has never known anything but deprivation, has finally discovered the joy of ice cream after being evacuated from the besieged town of Daraya near the capital of war-torn Syria.

LONDON — The head of EDF Energy has urged the British government to approve the Hinkley Point C nuclear power project, an explicit appeal by the French energy giant ahead of a decision due within weeks.

AMMAN — Exports dropped by 7.3 per cent during the first half of the year to around JD2.506 billion, compared with the figure recorded in the same period last year, according to Department of Statistics (DoS) figures.  

AMMAN — Jordan Investment Commission (JIC) and Middle East Payment Services (MEPS) signed a partnership agreement on Sunday under which MEPS will provide JIC with point-of-sale (POS) devices that allow investors to use Visa or Master Card to pay for JIC’s services online.

SINGAPORE — Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus, mostly among foreign construction workers, and said it expected more cases to be identified.