In response to growing environmental concerns, the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority has declared a four months comprehensive suspension of both professional and recreational fishing, ending 30 April, to safeguard reproduction and egg-laying period

The annual per capita food waste in Jordan is 101 kilogrammes, Chairman of the Food Security Council said on the commemoration of the International Day of Zero Waste, pointing out that the wasted food could feed nearly 1,5 million individuals for a year

Police resorted to the use of tear gas to disperse protests near Israel's Embassy in Amman demanding that the government sever relations due to Tel Aviv's ground military operation in the Gaza Strip; further demonstrations are likely to the end of March