Tag: Jordan

Amman (Jordan): Jordan defeated a depleted Indian side 2-1 in a hard fought encounter which was the first ever international friendly football match between the two countries. Forced to miss out on a host of first choice players against a much superior team, the Indians gave a good account of themselves during Saturday’s match. Jordan […]

Mumbai: Priyanka Chopra met the Queen Rania on the last day of her visit to Jordan and she says it was a privilege and honour to meet her. Priyanka on Wednesday shared a photograph of herself along with the Queen of Jordan and said that she is a “true inspiration”. “I had the privilege and honour […]

Amman: The Jordanian government has banned the country’s first online gay magazine, citing license violation. Mohammad Outishat, director general of Jordan Media Commission, on Monday said the magazine is not licensed and “acts in contrary to article 49 of the Press and Publications Law”, reports Xinhua news agency. Editors of the magazine had negative reactions […]

Damascus: G7 foreign ministers, along with their counterparts from Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Qatar on Tuesday discussed the Syria conflict. The meeting was convened in an extraordinary session to study the situation after the chemical attack allegedly by the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad regime on April 4 against Jan Shijun in the northern […]

Amman/Tokyo, Jan 27 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group has threatened to kill a Japanese correspondent and Jordanian pilot within 24 hours if a female suicide bomber imprisoned in Jordan is not released. In a video posted online Tuesday afternoon, Japanese war correspondent Kenji Goto appeared with a message to the Japanese government, Xinhua […]