Новости за 01.04.2024

CAIRO — Talks aimed at brokering a truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip will resume in Cairo on Sunday, Egyptian outlet Al Qahera reported, days after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the green light for fresh negotiations.

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a February 2023 State Security Court (SSC) ruling, sentencing a drug dealer to over three years in prison after convicting him of possessing illegal narcotics in Zarqa in September 2022.

AMMAN — The name “Bedouin” is derived from the term for nomadic desert or steppe dwellers (badawa). It is not an ethnic name and is used to refer to populations across the steppes and deserts of the Arab world who are associated with a nomadic-pastoral-tribal way of life. 

AMMAN — The Ministry of Energy's fuel pricing committee on Sunday decided to lower the prices of diesel and increase the prices of unleaded 90- and 95-octane gasoline, while maintaining the price of kerosene for April.

AMMAN — The Industrial Producer Price Index for the first two months of 2024 fell by 1.63 per cent, reaching 107.01 points, compared with 108.78 points for the same period in 2023, the Department of Statistics (DoS) announced on Sunday.

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s main opposition party on Sunday claimed victory in Istanbul and Ankara with its rising political star emerging from local elections as a serious challenger to veteran President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

LIMA — Peru’s prosecutor’s office on Sunday ordered President Dina Boluarte to present any Rolex watches in her possession, after a raid on her home and office as part of a corruption probe.

ATHENS — Greece on Sunday tightened its Golden Visa rules raising the required investment to as much as 800,000 euros in a bid to help ease a housing crisis.