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AND seize large quantity of drugs, arrest 2 suspects

The Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) Tuesday seized 300,000 drug pills which were in the possession of two persons who were trying to transport them off-road in the desert.

The Public Security Department spokesperson said in a statement AND personnel were tipped off about two individuals who intended to transport a large quantity of drugs off-road in the desert and promptly began investigating.

The investigation team, he added, verified the information, determined the time to move the contraband and laid several ambushes along the routes the smugglers intended to take.

It said one of the patrols spotted the terrain vehicle used by the smugglers and stopped it after a chase, arresting the two suspects and seizing the drugs and a firearm.

The case was referred to the State Security Court prosecutor, he added.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Messaging apps to go offline in Tawjihi zones: TRC

Instant messaging applications will be blocked in all schools where students will sit for the Tawjihi (General Secondary Education Certificate Examination) which will start on June 24th through July 15th, according to a statement released Sunday by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC).

The TRC said it had already addressed telecom companies to enforce the ban minutes before the start of the examination and removes it shortly after students leave the exam’s halls, indicating that the move is aimed at ensuring the integrity and credibility of Tawjihi by preventing cheating or leakage of exam papers.

It said the downtime of messaging apps could affect areas nearby schools where the exam will be held, but nevertheless, it added, the block will be temporary and limited to the exam’s time.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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First flight from Moscow arrives in Aqaba to boost tourism

Some 168 passengers arrived on Sunday in Aqaba’s King Hussein International Airport on the first tourist flight from Moscow, under an agreement to boost tourism effective till end of year.

In a statement, CEO of Aqaba Airports Company (AAC) Ramzi Arafat said that these trips are the result of the government’s efforts to resume global tourism after declaring Jordan’s golden triangle of tourism (Aqaba, Petra and Wadi Rum) a pandemic-free zone.

“Jordan has made great efforts to mitigate the negative impact of the pandemic on various sectors, most notably the heavily-hit tourism sector which is one of the main contributors to the economy,” he added, noting that precautionary measures have been taken to ensure the return to pre-crisis tourism traffic levels.

Arafat pointed to the full safety measures implemented during the arrival of today’s flight, which was operated by the Russian Nordwind Airlines, as well as the airport’s operational readiness throughout the coming months.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Israeli police arrest 11 Palestinians

Israeli occupation police Sunday arrested 11 Palestinian citizens in Deir al-Asad town inside the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948.

High Follow-Up Committee for the Arab masses in occupied Palestinian territories said that the arrest campaign took place in the town yesterday, when the Israeli forces stormed a wedding party, assaulted the attendees and opened fire in the air, leaving a young man in his thirties seriously injured.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Moderate weather forecast in highlands, hot in other regions

A slight rise in mercury levels is expected on Sunday, bringing hot weather in most parts of the Kingdom, except in the highlands and the plains where it will be fair, with northwesterly moderate to brisk winds, according to the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD).

Over the next two days, similar weather conditions will continue to persist with northwesterly moderate winds, the JMD added.

Daytime temperatures expected for today will reach 30 degrees Celsius in Amman, dropping down to 17C, while it will be much hotter in the city of Aqaba as mercury levels will register 38C during daytime, sliding to 24C at night.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Jordan condemns Israeli assaults on worshippers at Al Aqsa

Jordan on Friday condemned the Israeli assaults on worshippers at Al Aqsa Mosque/Al Haram Al Sharif.

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Deifallah al-Fayez said such assault is a violation of Al Aqsa Mosque’s sanctity and worshipers” safety.

He stressed that the Jerusalem Awqaf Department is the sole authority responsible for administrating all the Aqsa Mosque’s affairs, calling on Israel to respect the historical and legal status quo in the holy city.

He also called on Israel, as the occupying force, to respect its obligations in accordance with international law and halt its violations and attacks in the holy city of Jerusalem.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Establishing independent Tourist Risks Account – says minister

Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Nayef al-Fayez, said the 2021 amended Jordan Tourism Board by-law includes a new article to establish an independent Tourist Risks Account.

Al-Fayez told Petra that the amended by-law that includes establishing a board of directors entrusted with defining terms and procedures of requests to obtain facilities and financial assistance from the account in accordance with instructions issued by the board for this purpose.

Approved by the Cabinet on Wednesday, the amended by-law came to mitigate the impacts stemmed from the COVID-19 pandemic on professions at this key sector, al-Fayez said.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Gov’t says won’t allow illegal gatherings, incitement

The government on Sunday said that the past few days have seen illegal gatherings and calls for assemblies threatening social peace and security and vowed that it will not tolerate or allow such acts to continue.

The Cabinet said in a statement that it has been monitoring illegal gatherings in the past few days which “saw violations, incitement against the state, threats to social peace and assaults on the law and security forces”, urging citizens to distance themselves from such acts.

It indicated that concerned authorities “have exercised the highest degree of self-restraint towards these activities, that included direct incitement, which is a violation and breach of the law, hoping that those who fuel such behaviors will come to their senses and return to the path of truth and righteousness”.

“With great regret, what we saw last night of attempts to mobilize people and attack Public Security Department personnel, as well as inflammatory rhetoric and behaviors, was a full legal violation that affect the foundations of our country and its constitutional bedrocks and our inherited literature since the establishment of the state,” according to the statement.

The Cabinet stressed that the Ministry of Interior will never allow any gatherings, events, erection of traditional tents or other platforms, and will deal with utmost firmness to enforce the law and prevent these dangerous inflammatory activities, including words and behaviors, that violate the law and the Constitution and tamper with the security of society.

The Cabinet called on citizens across the nation to distance themselves from participation in such inciting and illegal gatherings.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Israeli police kill Palestinian after stabbing attack in Jerusalem

Israeli police Monday shot and killed a Palestinian in an Arab neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem, saying that he carried out a stabbing attack against Israeli settlers.

Israel Radio said that two settlers were seriously injured in the knife attack in the Jerusalem neighborhood of the French Hill and that police on the scene fired shots, fatally wounding him and leaving him to bleed to death.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Husband gets life sentence for gouging wife’s eyes

The Grand Criminal Court (GCC) on Tuesday handed down a life sentence to a man who gouged his wife’s eyes in a 2019 attempted murder that sparked a wide public uproar, according to court documents obtained by the Jordan News Agency (Petra).

In the incident in Jerash, the convict premeditated the “unsuccessful” murder of his wife over a family dispute as he tried to stab her in the neck and chest with a knife with the intent to kill her, but she fought back and shoved him away, according to a transcript of the verdict.

While the victim screamed for help, her three children rushed the room as the attack was underway, and managed to subdue their father and grab the knife from him. However, the determined husband carried on and gouged the wife’s eyes using a hookah tongs and she fell to the ground unconscious.

By that time, according the transcript, the man thought his wife had died and fled the scene, and told a neighbor about his action before he was later arrested by police.

The sentence is the maximum for such crimes, but still, it will need to be reviewed and upheld by the Court of Cassation.

Source: Jordan News Agency