Новости за 25.01.2024

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a January State Security Court (SSC) ruling, sentencing an ex-convict to over three years in prison after convicting him of selling illegal narcotics to an undercover law-enforcement officer in Madaba in December 2022.

BAGHDAD — Iraq accused the United States of contributing to a "reckless escalation" of violence in the region after American air strikes targeted Iran-backed groups in the country on Wednesday.

MANCHESTER, United States — Donald Trump won the key New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, moving him ever closer to locking in the Republican presidential nomination and securing an extraordinary White House rematch with Joe Biden.

WASHINGTON — The United States destroyed a Huthi anti-ship cruise missile that was ready to launch soon after the second round of joint American-British strikes against the Yemeni rebels, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

THE HAGUE — Dutch tech giant ASML, which supplies chipmaking machines to the semiconductor industry, reported on Wednesday a rise in annual net profit despite a high-tech trade spat between China and the West.

AMMAN — During the 3rd century AD, monks established the first monastic centres in the Levant, drawn to this region for its suitability for an anchoritic life, marked by an isolating existence in the desert.

MORONI, Comoros — The Comoros’ supreme court on Wednesday confirmed the re-election of President Azali Assoumani, whose victory in a disputed vote last week was followed by deadly protests.

BERLIN — Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock set off for east Africa on Wednesday to push for sanctions to force Sudan’s warring parties to start peace talks.

AMMAN — The Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation (JHCO), through the humanitarian and relief aid cell of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF), and in coordination with the Foreign Ministry, on Wednesday dispatched two planes of relief and humanitarian aid to support residents of the Gaza Strip.