August 2024

Amman: The Ministry of Education has completed its preparations for the new academic year 2024-2025 and the procedures related to receiving students on Sunday, marking the start of the new academic year.

The Ministry’s Secretary General for Administr…

The Russian Defense Ministry announced that 35 Ukrainian drones and 4 tactical missiles were destroyed over the Russian Kursk, Voronezh, Belgorod, Bryansk and Oryol regions last night.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement the air defenses…

Beirut: The Israeli army escalated its airstrikes and artillery shelling on southern Lebanese towns on Sunday evening, killing two people and injuring two others.

A Lebanese security source told Petra’s correspondent in Beirut that a person who was s…

A Palestinian young man was shot with live ammunition during confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in Al-Ain refugee camp, located west of Nablus.

According to a source from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), the injured individual …

Gaza: A Palestinian human rights organization said Sunday that the Israeli occupation forces have escalated their brutal crimes against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons and practiced horrific patterns of violations that shook the conscience of…

An earthquake measuring 4.7 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Papua New Guinea on Sunday.

The earthquake occurred 186 km from Panguna town at a depth of 132.3 km, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported.

No casualties or material damage were repor…

Amman: Ministry of Agriculture said Jordan’s water and soil are “free of any trace of cholera bacteria,” after conducting a complete survey for this purpose.

In a statement Sunday, the ministry said it welcomes any local, Arab or international regula…

Amman: Minister of Social Development Wafa Bani Mustafa Sunday discussed studying the legal, social and psychological aspects of media coverage of children in care homes.

Bani Mustafa met with official body representatives and care homes on social in…