Jordan

On the World Happiness Report 2022, Jordan ranks the second unhappiest country in the Arab world; the Kingdom’s ranking in the World Happiness report has been declining since 2017

Vice President of Al Balqa Applied University Nidal Younes on Saturday confirmed the signing of an agreement to provide Al Hussein New Salt Hospital with medical staff

The World Bank financed a USD23,6 million project to help 30.000 Jordanian farming families adopt climate-friendly and water-saving agricultural practices; 12.000 job opportunities are expected to be created, particularly for women and young people

Logos Hope, the world’s largest floating library, left the port of Aqaba on Thursday 16th after a 20-day stopover; over 25.000 book enthusiasts boarded the vessel during its stay

Ahmad Jubran, an architect and PhD candidate at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, launched a community initiative to clean-up and document abandoned heritage buildings in Salt; the first campaign targeted Said Al Bahra School, which opened in the 1950s

According to a recent study by the University of Jordan, the country recorded the highest number of divorces in the Middle East; most marital disputes are due to financial and economic reasons and many of the ex couples relied on the minimum wage or less

Sabaa Thnaibat is the first Jordanian woman to fly solo in an F-16 fighter jet; she embodies the words the King once told Jordanian women, vivid in her memory: “not be wary of participating” and to “always move forward”

Umm Qais has been selected as one of the world's “Best Tourism Villages” in 2022 by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation; 32 villages were selected from 18 countries across the world

The British deputy ambassador in Amman inaugurated a project that will help support Jordan's goal of meeting 11% of water demand through wastewater treatment plants by 2025

15 underprivileged families received housing units in Zarqa's Russeifa region on Saturday as part of a Royal initiative launched in 2005; the new fully equipped and furnished residences consist of two bedrooms, a living room, and a kitchen

A source at the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army said the Royal Jordanian Navy on Thursday foiled an attempt to infiltrate and smuggle a large amount of narcotics through Jordanian territorial waters

The 22nd National Olive Festival and Rural Products Exhibition, organised by the National Agricultural Research Centre with local and international partners, will run until Dec 3: over 500 farmers, associations, schools, companies and mills are involved

Moody’s upgraded Jordan’s credit outlook from “stable” to “positive”; the change in outlook is driven by the government’s strong commitment to wide-ranging structural reforms and track record of effective implementation on the fiscal front