HM Queen Rania launched the 24th Designs Handicrafts Exhibition powered by the Jordan River Foundation, in line with the foundation activity which gave enterpreneurial training and employment opportunities more than 520 women last year

Today 7 July has been announced as a day of suspension of work in celebration of the Islamic New Year; the measure will apply to the public sector, with the exception for those institutions whose nature of work requires continuous operation

68 burial permits, at the request of their families, have been granted to Jordanian pilgrims to be buried in Mecca, thus facilitating concerned Saudi authorities that have begun the procedures for burying pilgrims who died in the country

Tomorrow 11 June, Jordan will host, together with Egypt and the UN, an emergency international conference to boost the urgent humanitarian response for Gaza

Anti-narcotics officers intercepted a major drug haul, seizing around 9,5 million narcotic pills and 143 kg of hashish destined to a neighboring country; members of two gangs linked to regional drug trafficking networks have been arrested