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Jordan reports 21 cases of AIDS since beginning of this year: MoH

AFAQ NEWS Twenty one cases of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) have been recorded in the Kingdom since the beginning of this year, a health official announced Wednesday. Assistant Secretary-General for Primary Health Care at the Ministry of Health, Ghazi Sharkas, told the Jordan News Agency (Petra) that in conjunction with the world’s celebration of …

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Royal Decree appoints Mubaideen as interior minister

AFAQ NEWS A Royal Decree was issued on Wednesday, based on the recommendation of Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh, approving the appointment of Samir Mubaideen as Minister of Interior. Mubaideen was sworn in before His Majesty King Abdullah. Prime Minister Khasawneh and Royal Hashemite Court Chief Yousef Issawi attended the swearing-in. A Royal Decree had been …

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Oman reports 209 new Covid-19 cases

AFAQ NEWS The Omani Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that it had recorded 209 new Covid-19 cases, in the past 24 hours, bringing the total caseload to 123908. The death toll in the Arab Gulf country topped 1430, while the total recoveries amounted to 115441, according to the Omani News Agency (ONA)

Jordan condemns Israeli authorities’ demolition of Al-Yusufiya cemetery parts in Jerusalem

AFAQ NEWS Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Monday, Inveighed against the Israeli authorities’ demolition of the stairs leading into the Al-Yusufiya cemetery in occupied East Jerusalem. Daifallah Fayez, the spokesperson of the Ministry, stated that the Kingdom refuses Israel’s unilateral measures in occupied East Jerusalem, as they aimed at changing the city’s Arab identity, …

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Gov’t keen on eliminating obstacles facing industrial sector, says PM

AFAQ NEWS The government is well aware of the importance of the industrial sector and its contribution to up to a quarter of the national economy that puts some 250,000 Jordanians on the payroll; constitutes 90 percent of exports, Prime Minister Bishr Khasawneh said. In a meeting with the Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI) Board …

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Jordan condemns Nigeria terrorist attack

AFAQ NEWS Jordan denounced the terrorist attack that targeted civilians in north-east Nigeria, killing no less than 110 people, and injuring many others. In a statement on Monday, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Daifallah al-Fayez decried the terrorist attack, which targeted innocent civilians, voicing solidarity with the Nigerian people and government. …

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