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BEIRUT — Air strikes in Syria killed up to 22 people, mostly children, on Wednesday when warplanes struck a residential area housing a school complex in the northern rebel-held province of Idlib, activists and rescue workers said.

AMMAN — The Jordan Times marks its 41st anniversary on Thursday.

Four decades after the paper’s first issue hit the newsstands, the Kingdom’s only English daily soldiers on despite the seemingly perpetual issue of understaffing and lack of resources.

Rana Sabbagh, who was chief editor of the JT from 1999 to 2001, said that without sufficient resources, the paper cannot keep its highly-qualified staff members, noting that it is difficult to find and recruit professional journalists who are also proficient in English. Читать дальше...

AMMAN — UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, comprising of representatives from 21 countries, on Wednesday adopted another resolution on Jerusalem affirming the gains Jordan achieved during last week’s meeting of UNESCO’s Executive Board in Paris, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. 

AMMAN—Jordan ranked 118th out of 190 countries in the Doing Business Report 2017, climbing one place since last year.

AMMAN — Having been one of the first Jordanian dailies to launch a web edition, The Jordan Times is now working to enhance its online outreach and utilise the potential offered by social media outlets, according to staff members.

HERAT, Afghanistan — Gunmen in the remote central-western Afghan province of Ghor rounded up dozens of civilians and executed them on Wednesday in an attack that officials blamed on Daesh fighters retaliating for the death of one of their commanders.

BRUSSELS — European leaders voiced hope for a breakthrough Wednesday in troubled negotiations for a landmark EU-Canada free trade deal, despite a word of caution from a Belgian region holding out on key terms. 

Kids of lower socioeconomic status, those riding in rural areas, and those riding mostly on the sidewalk have higher risk of injury than others, according to a new review. 

When I was in college, I loved coming home to my parents’ house at the end of each term. Along with the delicious food that my mother and grandmother cooked for me, what I really looked forward to was, sleeping in late. There were no lectures to attend, no notes to make, no visits to the library and no worry about going to bed hungry if I missed hearing the ding-dong of the dinner gong.

AMMAN — Jordan Fencing Federation President Khaled Atiyat has been re-elected as secretary general of the Fencing Confederation of Asia (FCA), one of four Jordanians taking up key posts, according to the Jordan Olympic Committee News Service.