Minister of Finance Ezzeddine Kanakrieh announced on Friday that the Cabinet's decision to exempt and reduce the sales tax on a number of food items and the agricultural sector, went into effect as of Friday.

Jordan's social media exploded in anger in fury of an event called: “8ala8” [Chaos] held on Friday in Amman.

His Majesty King Abdullah on Friday met with World Economic Forum (WEF) founder and Executive Chairman Professor Klaus Schwab and Mrs Schwab on the sidelines of His Majesty’s participation in the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Ayman Safadi will participate next Thursday in a ministerial meeting in New York to support U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

King Abdullah on Friday met with World Economic Forum (WEF) founder and Executive Chairman Professor Klaus Schwab and Mrs Schwab on the sidelines of His Majesty’s participation in the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Prime Minister Omar Razzaz said on Friday that Jordan has a clear relationship with the International Monetary Fund, stressing there is no party imposing policies and decisions on the Kingdom.

King Abdullah on Wednesday called for updating both the elections and political parties laws to achieve the endgame in the reform process.

The Cabinet members’ tour to discuss the new income tax law around the country has not been received very well in Tafileh and Maan, and so remains the case on Wednesday in Jerash and Ajloun.

Sex work in Jordan is a controversial topic. But what is assumed to be prostitution often turns out to be much more complicated. Sometimes what looks like prostitution involves a lot less sex than people assume. And sometimes, vulnerable people get trapped in horrific cycles of sexual abuse. Jordanian law needs to be able to see the differences, and to provide safety rather than punishment for those who have been exploited.

The Kingdom’s tourism sector needs 5,896 jobs by the end of 2019, 2,369 for females and 659 for people with disabilities, a study revealed on Tuesday.

The government’s delegation touring Jordan’s main cities to discuss the new income tax law with citizens has been poorly welcomed.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi and Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Tareq Hammouri held a joint meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mouloud Gawishoglu and Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan on Tuesday.

Reds&Blacks presented work by 16 renowned artists from Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, Egypt, Armenia, Kurdistan, Spain, Turkey, and the Philippines, on 13th September at a new gallery in the Abdali district of Amman.

Prince Ali, president of the Asian Football Development Project (AFDP), has inaugurated a female football pitch at Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Monday.

Tourism revenues have increased by 15.4 per cent at the end of August 2018, reaching $3.6 billion (some JD2.6 billion), compared to around $3.1 billion registered in the same period last year, according to preliminary data released by the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) on Monday.