Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf will travel to Israel and the West Bank June 17-24 and to Jordan June 24-25.In Jerusalem, the Assistant Secretary will meet with senior Israeli political and military leadership to disc…
Day: 17 June 2023
Amman hosts digital currency conference this week
An international conference titled: the Future of Digital Currency and Digital Transformation, opens Wednesday with wide participation by various sectors, including banks, the Central Bank of Jordan and information technology firms. The conference wil…
U.S. is “not going to make it easy” for Ukraine to join NATO: Biden
The United States is “not going to make it easy” for Ukraine to join NATO, U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters Saturday as he boarded Air Force One, the Washington Post reported. The comment comes days after Biden met with NATO Secretary General J…
2 writers from Jordan, Iran win Yousef Bakkar Award for Oriental Studies
Two writers from Jordan and Iran have won the “Yousef Bakkar Award for Oriental Studies” which is organized by the Jordanian Writers Association, with the support of Dr. Youssef Bakkar. The $3,000 award was announced Saturday by the General Secretaria…