Новости за 13.02.2020

GAZA CITY — Off a bumpy dirt road in Gaza city, a group of children stood outside a half-open factory door, desperate to get their hands on what was being made inside.

AMMAN — Women activists and social media users on Thursday expressed their shock and dismay over an advertisement that appeared on billboards in the capital’s streets displaying “messages with a double meaning”, which they claimed are demeaning and insulting to women.

AMMAN — A committee comprising representatives of the Judicial Council, the Ministry of Justice and the Jordan Bar Association has been formed to address the Bar Association's feedback concerning the transfer of the Amman Court of Appeals to a new building, Minister of Justice Bassam Talhouni said on Thursday.

AMMAN — One person was killed and seven others were injured on Thursday following a collision between a minibus and a dump truck on the Zarqa-Mafraq road, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, said.

BRUSSELS — Enabling Iraqis to fight the Daesh terror group is the best solution to stop the return of the extremist organisation, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday.

LONDON — Governments were on Thursday urged to do more to protect children from the effects of war and serious violence, after a new report suggested record numbers were living in a conflict zone.

PARIS — The number of extreme hot days and nights in the Northern Hemisphere could quadruple by the end of the century even if humanity brings down emissions to meet the Paris climate deal goals, scientists said on Tuesday. 

Is it technology that is following and adapting to our needs and behaviour, or is it the other way round? Whatever the answer may be, the result is here, we have become multitasking human beings, by will or by force, for better or for worse.

BAGHDAD — The United States will grant Iraq a brief 45-day extension to a waiver allowing Baghdad to continue importing Iranian gas despite American sanctions, an Iraqi official told AFP on Wednesday.

AMMAN — Minister of Higher Education Muhyiddine Touq on Wednesday met with Hungarian Ambassador to Jordan Csaba Czibere, who commended Jordanian-Hungarian relations and voiced his pride in the Jordanians studying at Hungarian universities.

BEIRUT/ ISTANBUL — The Syrian army on Wednesday pushed on with its offensive in the country's northwest, securing areas along a key national highway they seized, as tensions spiralled with Turkey which supports rebel groups.

AMMAN — Beggars seeking handouts have become a familiar sight in Jordan, as their numbers reached around 4,000 in 2019, with the Anti-Vagrancy Department urging the public to make use of the proper channels to provide for those in need.

KHARTOUM — Rights groups pushed on Wednesday for the swift handover of Sudan's ousted strongman Omar Al Bashir to the International Criminal Court(ICC) after the country's new authorities pledged to bring him to justice for alleged war crimes in Darfur.