Category: News

Amman: The Amman Stock Exchange concluded trading on Thursday with a 0.28 percent rise, reaching 2,440 points.

A total of 5.3 million shares were traded, valued at JD10.5 million, across 2,043 transactions.

Among publicly traded companies, 27 experienced an increase in share prices, 13 saw a decrease, and 30 remained stable.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Gaza – Together – The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Thursday that the number of victims of the Israeli war on the Strip had risen to 34,305 martyrs and 77,293 injured.

She added that the occupation committed 5 massacres during the past 24 hours, claiming 43 martyrs and 64 injuries.

She pointed out that thousands of citizens are still missing under the rubble and on the roads, and that the occupation is preventing ambulance and rescue crews from reaching them.

Source: Maan News Agency

Amman: The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has implemented comprehensive measures to address and mitigate interference with the Global Positioning System (GPS) throughout the kingdom.

This move is a response to disruptions caused by unauthorized transmission devices that emulate GPS signals, thereby overshadowing the legitimate signals emitted from the GPS satellites with stronger, misleading signals.

These disruptive devices generate either random or structured signals that can alter the accuracy of GPS receivers. Such disturbances compromise the receivers’ ability to correctly determine geographic locations and navigate routes, resulting in significant deviations from true positions and paths.

Engineer Nidal Samara, Director of the Frequency Spectrum Department at TRC, detailed the technicalities in a statement to the Jordanian News Agency (Petra). According to Samara, the affected receivers are primarily those within the operational range of the jamming devices, influenced by specific tra
nsmission powers and frequency settings.

The TRC has successfully identified the sources of these disruptions by deploying sophisticated radio monitoring technologies. By pinpointing the exact locations of the rogue stations, the Commission is taking steps to ensure compliance with both international and local regulations governing the use of radio frequencies and the operational standards for transmission stations.

These regulations are designed to uphold the integrity of radio communications systems and various other radio-based applications, setting clear guidelines on usage rights, geographical coverage, and the technical specifications of transmitters and broadcasting stations.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Kuwait National Guards on Thursday inaugurated a blood donation center at Al-Tahrir camp in a bid designed to enhance the resources at the Central Blood Bank.

Lieutenant Genral Muhandes Hashem Al-Rifai, the National Guards Undersecretary, said during the inauguration ceremony that the center was opened as a result of a signed cooperation protocol between the Guards and the Ministry of Health.

This step has been taken in line with directions by the National Guards Chief His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah and his deputy Sheikh Faisal Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and in implementation of the Guidance Document of the National Guards (protection and back-up 2025), stipulating significance of the Guards’ social role and enhancement of the strategic blood reserves.

The National Guards will continue to back up the Central Blood Bank through donation campaigns at the camps where a significant number of personnel have shown up to donate their blood, “out of their belief that a drop of blood saves a life,” he said.
Aiding in the treatment of patients and saving lives through the enhancement of the Central Blood Bank resources are humanitarian goals.

Meanwhile, the assistant undersecretary at the MoH, Dr. Abdullah Al-Fars, affirmed the National Guards’ keenness on providing aid to the ministry to enrich the strategic resources at the Central Blood Bank.

Issam Issam, the administrative backup assistant at the Guards, affirmed that such a venture contributes to enhancing the Guards’ strategic role, noting that it works round the clock to receive donors.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

A force from the 27th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces overthrew the smuggling network in eastern Anbar.

The Popular Mobilization Forces said in a statement that a force from the intelligence force of the 27th Brigade (Special Tasks) of the Popular Mobilization Forces was able to thwart a smuggling operation of a large shipment of alcoholic beverages east of Anbar Governorate.

He explained that this came during a security operation carried out by the force based on legal procedures, where it was able to thwart the smuggling of a large shipment of alcoholic beverages amounting to (1,330 cartons) coming from Erbil towards the capital, Baghdad, by hiding it inside two fuel tankers.

He pointed out that the smuggling network was arrested and the two tankers were seized in a controlled ambush in the checkpoint of Al-Tharthar intersection within the eastern Anbar operations sector.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Kuwait oil price went up 34 cents to reach USD 89.46 per barrel on Wednesday compared to USD 89.12 pb on Tuesday, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said in a statement on Thursday.

In international markets, the Brent Crude oil went down 40 cents to reach USD 88.02 per barrel, while the West Texas Intermediate went down 55 cents to reach USD 82.81 a barrel.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

An earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude on the Richter scale struck Thursday the Kermadec Islands off the coast of New Zealand.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 179 km, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported.

There have been no reports of casualties or material losses due to the earthquake so far.

It is noteworthy that an earthquake measuring 4.8 magnitude on the Richter scale struck Wednesday the Kermadec Islands.

Source: Qatar News Agency

The State of Qatar participated with a visual presentation in the 19th Conference of Interpol’s National Central Bureau Heads, which is being held in the French city of Lyon.

Titled ‘The State of Qatar’s Experience in International Police Coordination Operations’, the presentation which was made by Director of the Communications Department of the Arab and International Police Lt. Colonel Ali Muhammad Al-Ali, addressed the State of Qatar’s experience in international police coordination operations, following up on wanted persons, managing operations to combat cross-border crime, and cooperating with international organizations to secure major events.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Amman: Amman Mayor Yousef Shawarbeh, alongside Public Works and Housing Minister Maher Abu Saman and Transport Minister Wissam Tahtamouni, convened Thursday to deliberate the trial run of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) along the Zarqa-Amman route.

In their discussion, they underscored the necessity of a collaborative approach among the three entities for the trial operation of the BRT, which will be overseen by the municipality, leveraging its expertise in managing pilot routes within Amman.

They also explored enhancing coordination between the municipality and the Ministries of Works and Transport to address traffic congestion on King Abdullah II Street and devise solutions beneficial for both present and future traffic conditions.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Amman: The House Jordanian-Qatari Brotherhood Committee, headed by MP Haitham Zayadin, met on Thursday with a delegation from Qatari Shura Council, headed by Mubarak bin Mohamed Al Kuwari.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways to strengthen brotherly Jordanian-Qatari relations in all fields, especially in the parliamentary, cultural and economic areas, according to a House statement.

Zayadin praised the “deep-rooted, brotherly and historic” Jordanian-Qatari relations, under the two countries’ leaderships.

The MP also pointed to Qatari efforts in support of Jordan, expressing hope that more job opportunities will be provided for “qualified Jordanians who could take part in Qatar’s development process.”

Additionally, Zayadin stressed importance of strengthening and supporting Hashemite custodianship over Jerusalem’s Islamic and Christian holy sites, pointing to the “firm” Arab position of Qatar in supporting the Palestinian cause.

Zayadin pointed out that the mutual visits come within framework
of brotherly bilateral relations and contribute to share views on multiple common challenges and issues.

For his part, Al Kuwari stressed “depth” of the brotherly relations and their current “advanced” level, pointing out that the two countries’ positions always aim to support issues of the Arab and Islamic nations.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Gaza – Together – The Gaza Civil Defense said on Thursday that it had recovered about 392 bodies in the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis after the occupation’s withdrawal, adding: 58% of them we could not identify.

The Civil Defense added: We do not know the reason for the presence of children’s bodies in the mass graves at Nasser Hospital, and we discovered traces of torture on the bodies of some martyrs.

He pointed out that the occupation committed field executions at Nasser Medical Complex, demanding the opening of an international investigation into these crimes.

He confirmed that the occupation buried a number of bodies in the Nasser complex in plastic bags at a depth of 3 meters, which accelerated their decomposition.

He said: We believe that the occupation buried at least 20 people alive in the Nasser Medical Complex.

Source: Maan News Agency

Ramallah Together – The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy addressed the ‘Meta’ company to request clarification regarding the rumors that the ‘WhatsApp’ application leaked the data of Palestinian citizens to the occupation forces, warning of the danger of what is rumored to the security and lives of our people.

For its part, the ‘Meta’ company, in an official correspondence, denied the circulating news, under the pretext that the ‘WhatsApp’ application does not contain any back doors, and does not provide collected information to any government.

In the same context, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Abdel Razzaq Al-Natsheh, the Ministry is keen to follow up and coordinate with various local and international competent authorities to protect citizens’ data from hacking, exploitation and leakage, in addition to the Ministry’s endeavor to enhance the security of data and information as much as possible, without ignoring Israel’s control and control over all aspects of the liv
es of our people.

Source: Maan News Agency