Новости за 30.10.2016

AMMAN — Despite the geographical distance, Jordan and Canada should enhance cooperation to support young entrepreneurs, Canada’s Governor General David Johnston said on Sunday.

AMMAN — Owners of buses and Hajj and umra companies appealed on Sunday to His Majesty King Abdullah to take action regarding Saudi Arabia’s recent umra visa fee hike.

TAL AL LAZZAGAH, Iraq — One rose up, the other was “abducted”: as Iraqi forces launched their march on Mosul a fortnight ago, two neighbouring villages in their path experienced wildly contrasting fates.

KARACHI, Pakistan — China's Shanghai Electric power company will buy a controlling stake in K-Electric, a power generation and distribution company in Pakistan's largest city, for $1.77 billion, K-Electric's parent company announced in a statement on Sunday.

AMMAN — The Housing Bank for Trade and Finance (HBTF) increased its pretax profit by 10 per cent during the first nine months of this year as it reached JD145.2 million at the end of September compared to JD132 million at the end of the same period last year. 

AMMAN — The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) is still receiving quarterly reports of the period that ended in September 30, 2016, from all ASE listed companies after they have been reviewed by their auditors, according to ASE Deputy Chief Executive Officer Bassam Abu Abbas.

AMMAN — HRH Crown Prince Hussein on Friday said Jordan will be hosting the Arab States Regional Workshop on Peacebuilding in December, according to an Instagram post. 

Al Qayyarah, Iraq — Iraqi paramilitary forces launched an operation Saturday to cut the Daesh terror group's supply lines between its Mosul bastion and neighbouring Syria, opening a new front in the nearly two-week-old offensive.

ALEPPO — Car bombs and rocket fire shook Aleppo on Saturday as rebels battled to break a suffocating siege by the Syrian regime, accused by Washington of using starvation as a "weapon of war".

AMMAN — Jordan has ranked 58th globally for opportunities for girls, in the latest report by Save the Children exploring the barriers that hold girls back.  

AMMAN — A recently endorsed by-law that seeks to regulate building codes in cities and villages has stirred debate among stakeholders.