Новости за 13.08.2020

TEHRAN — Iranian forces boarded a tanker in international waters in the Gulf of Oman, using a helicopter and two ships to take over the vessel for several hours, US officials said.

AMMAN — The Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) on Thursday repatriated 37 Jordanians from Lebanon on board a transport plane affiliated with the Royal Air Force, as part of the Kingdom’s efforts to secure the return of citizens stranded in countries that are under aviation restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

PARIS — The dwarf planet Ceres — long believed to be a barren space rock — is an ocean world with reservoirs of seawater beneath its surface, the results of a major exploration mission showed Monday.

LISBON — Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka said the German giants are working out how to curb the legendary talents of Barcelona star Lionel Messi ahead of Friday's Champions League quarter-final.

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation upheld a December State Security Court ruling sentencing three men to 15 years in prison each after convicting them of plotting subversive acts in the Kingdom in November 2018.

AMMAN — This year local demand for gold fell by 80 per cent compared with last year and the volume sold is estimated at around JD14 million, Jordan Jewellers Association’s Secretary General Ribhy Allan told The Jordan Times on Thursday.

AMSTERDAM — There is a small Belgian enclave in the southern Netherlands where respecting two sets of rules to fight coronavirus has become a daily challenge, with international borders criss-crossing streets and even running through shops and homes.

ATHENS — Greece on Thursday reported its first novel coronavirus infection in one of its overcrowded asylum seeker camps.

AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan, president of the Arab Thought Forum (ATF), said on Wednesday that "the citizenship we want is the effective one that represents partnership with the other, despite cultural and religious differences”. 

AMMAN — As the 2020/2021 academic year approaches, parents and guardians find themselves at a crossroads not knowing whether to enrol their children in private schools or not, awaiting directions and decisions from the concerned authorities.

AMMAN — Two new COVID-19 infections were registered on Wednesday morning at the King Hussein Cancer Centre (KHCC), spurring further fears among businesses and citizens of a change in the epidemiological condition of the Kingdom.

BEIRUT/CAIRO — Lebanon buried more of its dead Wednesday from the huge explosion at Beirut port that disfigured the city, toppled the government and deepened a painful economic crisis.

MOSCOW — Russia said on Tuesday it has developed the world's first vaccine offering "sustainable immunity" against the coronavirus, despite scepticism about its effectiveness as fears grow over a second wave of infections across the globe.

WASHINGTON — Presidential hopeful Joe Biden named Senator Kamala Harris, a former rival in the White House race, as his running mate on Tuesday, marking a historic first for American women of colour.

JUBA — Clashes between soldiers and civilians during a disarmament exercise in the central South Sudanese town of Tonj have left 127 dead, the army spokesman said on Wednesday.