Новости за 19.07.2020

TEHRAN — Iran has halted the executions of three young men linked to deadly November protests, sentences which had sparked widespread outrage, one of the accused's lawyers told AFP on Sunday.

BAGHDAD — A rare daytime rocket attack hit Baghdad's Green Zone on Sunday, security sources said, as Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met top Iraqi officials.

AMMAN — World Chess Day, which falls annually on July 20, this year brings together chess players, United Nations, government officials and all relevant stakeholders in a high-level virtual event titled “Chess for Recovering Better”.

AMMAN — The International Organisation for Migration  (IOM) has started the ground works to build three accommodation facilities in two sites at the northeastern border with Syria as part of an ongoing Humanitarian Border Management (HBM) project funded by the Government of Japan. 

DHAKA — The death toll from heavy monsoon rains across South Asia has climbed to nearly 200, officials said on Sunday, as Bangladesh and Nepal warned that rising waters would bring further flooding.

WASHINGTON — After months of working from home, stir-crazy Americans have finally reached the long, hot days of summer only to watch their vacation horizons dim, with travel options shrinking as the country's coronavirus cases soar.

ALGIERS — Algeria said on Saturday that the coronavirus crisis on top of falling oil prices have caused unprecedented damage to its economy, including over $1 billion in losses in the public sector alone.

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JOHANNESBURG — Coronavirus has revealed the "fragile skeleton" of societies and could push 100 million people into extreme poverty, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday.

AMMAN — Jordan on Saturday recorded one death related to the coronavirus and five new cases, all from abroad, increasing the caseload to 1,214, according to the government.

BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhemi will travel to Saudi Arabia and Iran back-to-back next week, carefully balancing ties to regional rivals in his first foreign trip as premier, officials said Saturday.

AMMAN — A three-day virtual workshop on transboundary water governance at the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) concluded on Thursday, according to a statement from the institution.

AMMAN — Located on a land bridge between Africa and Asia, the Levantine corridor, and consequently Jordan, became a homeland to many cultures and civilisations, starting from hunter gatherers to the first sedentary communities in the Jordan Valley, according to a Jordanian archaeologist.

AMMAN — Royal Court Chief Yousef Issawi, head of the follow-up committee for the implementation of Royal initiatives, on Saturday opened a sports complex at Zarqa Union Club and the Zarqa Containers Factory, which were established under a Royal initiative. 

AMMAN — The Kingdom will repatriate Jordanians from the Palestinian territories starting Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday.