Новости за 08.05.2024

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a September State Security Court (SSC) ruling sentencing a man to 10 years in prison after convicting him of possessing a large quantity of illegal narcotics in February 2023.

AMMAN —  Jordan on Wednesday denounced the attack by a group of settlers on the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in occupied Jerusalem.

AMMAN — Desert kites were used for hunting of game animals during the Neolithic period as well as later periods and they were discovered not only in the Middle East, but also in Armenia and central Asia. Another theory is that the desert kites, stone structures that are hundreds of metres long and look like kites from air, had a function to keep domesticated animals in an enclosure.

BRUSSELS, Belgium — The EU on Tuesday announced $125 million for NGOs and UN agencies helping people in Yemen, a day after aid groups appealed for billions to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in the country.

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories — Israel sent tanks into Rafah in southern Gaza, seizing control of the border crossing with Egypt on Tuesday, an operation the UN said denied it access to the key humanitarian passage.

AMMAN — Chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) Bassam Sarhan announced on Tuesday that Jordan has approximately 7.72 million active phone lines.

SEOUL — South Korea experienced its hottest April since comprehensive records began in 1973, the state weather agency said on Tuesday, with average daily temperatures more than 2.5 degrees higher than in previous years.