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          Salma Khadra Jayyusi was honoured with the title of Cultural Personality of the Year at the 2020 Sheikh Zayed Book Award. Courtesy Lena Jayyusi

          Charting the fascinating life of Salma Khadra Jayyusi

          BooksApril 16, 2020
          Masked customers and employees at supermarket in Amman, Jordan. Authorities allowed malls and supermarkets to open on Monday under strict conditions, but a wider lockdown remains in place until April 30, adding to the kingdom's economic strain. EPA

          Jordan's banks to cut interest rates by 1.5 per cent

          EconomyApril 13, 2020
          Hamdi Tabbaa, co-founder of Jordanian start up Abwaab, has seen a rise in demand for online learning during the Covid-19 crisis as schools shut down. Courtesy of Abwaab.

          Amid lockdown Jordan's Abwaab offers online learning

          TechnologyMarch 29, 2020
          Emirates will continue to operate cargo flights after it grounds all passenger aircraft. Emirates

          Emirates airline to suspend most passenger flights

          March 26, 2020
          A Yemeni soldier loyal to the Houth rebels mans a machine gun turret in the back of a pickup truck during a patrol in the capital Sanaa on March 23, 2020. AFP

          Yemen marks five years of war with fresh crisis on horizon

          March 25, 2020
          Tom Grasser faces a long trip home. He left Jordan when the borders closed last week and came to Dubai. He will board a flight to London on Tuesday night, then hopes to take the Eurostar to Paris and another train home to Munich. Nick Webster / The National

          Passengers take last flights out of Dubai ahead of border shutdown

          HealthMarch 24, 2020
          Jordan's Prime Minister Omar Razzaz speaks to the media during a news conference in Amman. Reuters, file

          Jordan announces round-the-clock curfew from Saturday

          WorldMarch 20, 2020
          Movenpick Dead Sea Resort is housing some of the quarantined individuals. Courtesy Movenpick

          Inside the five-star coronavirus quarantine on Jordan’s Dead Sea

          March 17, 2020
          Airports will reopen at the end of July, Prime Minister Omar Razzaz said. Reuters

          Jordan begins compulsory quarantining of all arrivals

          March 16, 2020
          The virus spread around the world since it emerged in December. Bloomberg

          Aviation summit in Jordan postponed on coronavirus fears

          BusinessFebruary 20, 2020
          A promotional banner for the HSBC Women's World Championship in Singapore, which was cancelled due to concerns about the coronavirus. AFP

          From LPGA Tour to ACL, coronavirus wreaks havoc on Asia's sports calendar

          Other SportFebruary 10, 2020
          Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al Ghanem attends an emergency session of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union in Jordan’s capital Amman on February 8, 2020 to discuss Washington’s Middle East peace plan. AFP

          Kuwait speaker throws Donald Trump's peace plan in the bin

          February 10, 2020
          A Yemeni girl arrives at Queen Alia International Airport, south of the Jordanian capital Amman, following a second United Nations medical evacuation from Sanaa on February 8, 2020. AFP

          UN welcomes arrival of second medical flight from Sanaa to Amman

          February 09, 2020
          The Amman skyline. The latest IMF package for Jordan supports the country's economic reform agenda. Courtesy: Four Seasons Hotel Amman

          Jordan's $1.3bn IMF package supports kingdom's reform agenda, Fitch says

          EconomyFebruary 06, 2020
          Sudesh Amman was released from prison last month after serving half of his sentence for distributing terrorist material. Metropolitan Police

          London terrorist had 'fierce' fascination with extremism and violence

          EuropeFebruary 03, 2020
          Police conduct a search on Streatham High Road in south London on February 3, 2020, after a man was shot dead by armed officers on February 2, following reports he had stabbed two people AFP

          Heroic shopkeeper tried to stop London attacker

          EuropeFebruary 03, 2020
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