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BAGHDAD — Iraq's south saw further protests and explosions, as demonstrations against the government and its Iranian sponsor that erupted on October 1 persist unabated, according to security sources.The southern city of Amara was rocked overnight by four near-simultaneous explosions targeting premises of two pro-Iran armed factions, according to police.

WASHINGTON — Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump on Tuesday in a momentous step asserting that the US president abused his office and deserves to be removed.If the charges — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — are approved by the full House of Representatives in a vote expected next week, it would make Trump the third US leader ever.

ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday he was ready to send troops to Libya if requested by the internationally recognised government in Tripoli. "On the issue of sending soldiers... If Libya makes such a request from us, we can send our personnel there, especially after striking the military security agreement", he said in a televised appearance.

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah and Azeri President Ilham Aliyev agreed at Zagulba Palace in Baku on Tuesday to expand cooperation, especially in economy, investment, tourism, agriculture and defence industries, as well as capitalise on the agreements signed between the two countries.

ALGIERS — An Algerian court sentenced two former prime ministers to long jail terms Tuesday in the first of a series of high-profile corruption trials launched after longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned in the face of mass protests in April.The verdicts came just two days before Algeria is due to elect a president to replace Bouteflika in a vote bitterly opposed by.

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a June State Security Court (SSC) ruling sentencing a man to five years in prison for transporting illegal narcotics in October 2018.The court declared the defendant guilty of attempting to smuggle 6,000 Captagon pills through a border crossing point on October 7 and handed him seven years and six months in prison.

AMMAN — On the sidelines of His Majesty King Abdullah's visit to Baku on Tuesday, Jordan and Azerbaijan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) over mutual accreditation of sailors and a second agreement pertaining to the countries' ministries of culture for enhancing cooperation.

RIYADH — Qatar's emir on Tuesday skipped a Gulf summit billed as a potential "reconciliation conference", but leaders' calls for integration provided more signs of a thaw between Doha and regional power Saudi Arabia.In a sign of the changing mood, the Doha delegation received a warm welcome in Riyadh, with Saudi Arabia's King Salman and the Qatari prime minister exchanging.

AMMAN — The Ministry of Tourism, the Jordan Investment Commission (JIC), the Social Security Investment Fund (SSIF), the Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) and the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to determine tourist investment priorities.

AMMAN — Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of two men who reportedly robbed a bank in Amman at gunpoint on Sunday and escaped with only JD53. The two alleged robbers, including one who was disguised in women’s clothes, reportedly entered a bank in the Wadi Rimam area early on Sunday morning and demanded cash from the teller, escaping with JD53.“A special investigative team.

AMMAN — In preparation for the launch of the Jordan Public Health Forum (JPHF), the Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET) held an introductory meeting for the forum’s advisory committee on EMPHNET premises in Amman.

AMMAN — Water pumping from the Kingdom’s main aquifers increased by 32 per cent between 2017 and 2018, according to a new study released on Monday, prompting a debate around the need to reconsider crop water allocation.The study detected groundwater consumption patterns using satellite remote sensing applications, Ministry of Water and Irrigation Spokesperson Omar Salameh said.

AMMAN — Members of professional associations on Monday organised a sit-in at the Professional Associations Complex in solidarity with prisoners in Israeli jails. Participants of the sit-in called for the release of all Jordanian prisoners in the occupation’s jails, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

AMMAN — Jordanian Yara Khatibeh has won gold in the children’s gymnastics championship that was organised by the Gymnastics Federation of Russia. Arab League Ambassador in Russia Jaber Jaber honoured Yara, who holds Jordanian and Russian nationalities, during a ceremony on the occasion of the Arab Expat Day in Russia that was held in Moscow last week, the Jordan News Agency,

AMMAN — A delegation from the Military Medical Services (MMS) affiliated with the Palestinian ministry of interior and national security on Monday visited the Jordanian field hospital “Gaza 61”. Commander of the hospital team Col. Hadi Rawashdeh and Director of the hospital Maj. Ali Otoum received the delegates headed by MMS Director Brig. Gen. Mohammad Saleh, who highlighted.

AMMAN — The special envoy of the Russian President for the Middle East and Africa, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, on Monday held a farewell for the former Jordanian ambassador to Russia, Amjad Adaileh.

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a July State Security Court (SSC) ruling the sentencing of a mechanic to 10 years in prison after convicting him of joining terrorist groups in Syria in 2014.The court declared the defendant guilty of joining terror groups while he was residing in Syria in 2014 and handed him the maximum sentence.

AMMAN — The country’s 15 main dams received 1.5 million cubic metres (mcm) of rainwater over the past 24 hours, reaching around 25.4 per cent of their total capacity, Water Minister Raed Abul Saud said on Monday.

AMMAN — With the aim of providing small-scale farmers with a new channel to promote their products through annual agricultural fairs, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) on Monday launched a project titled "Institutionalisation of Agricultural Fairs in Jordan".

AMMAN — A house fire in North Shouneh on Monday killed one person and led to respiratory distress in six more people. The Civil Defence Department (CDD) said that firefighters from the West Irbid CDD contained the fire, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

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