Новости за 18.12.2016

AMMAN — The Jordan Week held in Nairobi, Kenya, concluded on Saturday, with a wide participation of Jordanian industrial, agricultural and service sectors.

AMMAN — The US government has transferred a $470 million grant to the Treasury as a direct support to state budget, it was announced Saturday.

WASHINGTON — The United States on Friday more than doubled the bounty on the head of the shadowy leader of the Daesh terror group, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, to $25 million.

AMMAN—The Central Bank of Jordan’s (CBJ) decision to raise key interest rates last week was an attempt to boost the attractiveness of the Jordanian dinar, economists said Saturday.

BAGHDAD — Multiple ground assaults and a deluge of air strikes shrank the Daesh terror group’s “caliphate” to a rump and decimated its fighters in 2016 but the organisation remains a potent threat.

CAIRO — When a suicide bomber blew himself up in a Cairo church a week ago, it marked a bloody escalation by Egypt’s extremist militants, raising fears that an insurgency which for years largely focused on fighting in Sinai and killing policemen may now turn to unleash attacks on civilians in the country’s capital.

AMMAN — YARA, a youth volunteering initiative aiming to make “a more compassionate and bright Jordan”, held an orientation session on Saturday to introduce its projects to university students wishing to volunteer for a good cause.

UNITED NATIONS, United States — France has presented a UN Security Council draft resolution on sending observers to Aleppo to monitor evacuations and report on the protection of Syrian civilians, according to the text obtained Saturday by AFP.

SAHAB — A draft by-law on the use, production and import of plastic bags is being amended at the Legislation and Opinion Bureau and will enter into force as of next year, according to the Ministry of Environment.

AMMAN — Authorities have removed 27,135 illegal fixtures on water mains and resources since the launch of a national campaign to end violations on the water network in 2013, officials said on Saturday.