Political context
Follow national and local sources in Jordan to compare coverage of government, elections, public policy, courts, diplomacy, and civic institutions. Use multiple outlets when reading politically sensitive stories.
Country facts
Capital
Amman
Population
Approximately 11.7 million
Official languages
Arabic
Currency
Jordanian dinar
Region
Middle East
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Internet domain
.jo
Calling code
+962
Why this country matters
Jordan, with Amman as a key national reference point, is part of the Middle East news region, where coverage often connects to energy, diplomacy, security, religion, trade, migration, public policy, and regional conflicts. Its population is listed as approximately 11.7 million, and news in Jordan is commonly read through Arabic sources. Because local reporting can reveal how national decisions affect communities, this page helps readers compare public-interest coverage, specialist reporting, and direct publisher links. The current directory includes 18 listed sources across Newspaper, TV News, Digital Media, News Agency. When reading fast-moving stories, compare several outlets and check publisher corrections, ownership disclosures, and primary documents where available.
Country overview
Jordan is covered here as part of the Middle East directory, with source discovery organized around language, outlet type, coverage level, and country context. The current directory includes 18 listed outlets across Newspaper, TV News, Digital Media, News Agency.
Follow national and local sources in Jordan to compare coverage of government, elections, public policy, courts, diplomacy, and civic institutions. Use multiple outlets when reading politically sensitive stories.
Business and economy coverage is best read beside general news because markets, trade, employment, public budgets, and household costs often shape the daily news agenda in Jordanian dinar.
Jordan sits within the Middle East news region. Regional comparisons with Bahrain, Egypt, Iranhelp readers separate local developments from broader cross-border trends.
Readers commonly move between public broadcasters, commercial TV or radio, newspapers, online-only outlets, and social video clips. The directory favors direct links to publishers so readers can verify stories at the source.
News discovery for Jordan is organized around Arabic. Multilingual pages are especially useful for diaspora readers, researchers, travelers, and people comparing domestic and international framing.
Search by outlet name, city, region, language, category, or coverage type. The listed cards also expose tags such as national, local, business, public broadcaster, digital media, and news agency where available.
Quick editorial-style pointers to help readers choose where to start.
Best for breaking news
National TV and digital news
Best public broadcaster
Public broadcaster
Best business source
Business and economy
Best local source
National digital and radio-linked news
Media landscape
Jordan's media environment can be read through national outlets, public or state-linked broadcasters where present, private publishers, local reporting, and digital-first sources. This page organizes available Jordan sources by language, category, and coverage level so readers can compare perspectives and verify stories directly with publishers.
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How to read this page
Start with national and public-interest sources, then compare local, business, independent, and specialist outlets where listed. Check each publisher's own disclosures for editorial focus, ownership, and correction policies.
Regional and local notes
Regional and city-level news can be especially important for public services, courts, weather, infrastructure, elections, business conditions, and community reporting.
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18 of 18 listings
www.addustour.com
Jordanian Arabic daily newspaper and digital outlet covering public affairs, economy, governorates, sport, culture, and opinion.
alghad.com
Independent Jordanian Arabic newspaper and digital outlet covering national news, economy, society, culture, sport, and opinion.
www.almamlakatv.com
Jordanian TV and digital news outlet covering politics, economy, parliament, society, regional affairs, and live video coverage.
alrai.com
Major Jordanian Arabic daily newspaper covering politics, economy, society, local affairs, sport, culture, and opinion.
www.alwakeelnews.com
Jordanian digital news and current affairs outlet covering national stories, services, traffic, weather, community issues, and radio-linked coverage.
en.ammonnews.net
Jordanian digital news outlet covering national news, business, culture, world affairs, sport, opinion, and public issues.
factjo.com
Jordanian digital news outlet covering politics, society, public affairs, commentary, local news, and selected regional developments.
jfranews.com.jo
Jordanian digital outlet covering local news, politics, parliament, business, sport, society, and public-service stories.
jo24.net
Jordanian online news source covering politics, parliament, economy, local affairs, public debate, and commentary.
petra.gov.jo/en
Jordan's official news agency covering government, royal, parliamentary, economic, diplomatic, local, and world news.
jrtv.gov.jo
Jordan's public television broadcaster providing national news, public affairs, cultural programming, and official coverage.
www.khaberni.com
Jordanian online news portal covering breaking news, politics, local affairs, economy, sport, entertainment, and public services.
royanews.tv
Roya's business coverage focused on Jordanian economy, companies, markets, finance, policy, regional business, and consumer news.
royanews.tv
Roya's news service covering Jordan, Middle East affairs, business, society, sport, weather, entertainment, and video reporting.
www.rumonline.net
Jordanian news portal covering national affairs, politics, local news, sports, entertainment, and public commentary.
www.sarayanews.com
Jordanian digital news site covering national headlines, local issues, public affairs, economy, society, sport, and opinion.
jordantimes.com
English-language Jordanian newspaper covering national news, government, business, opinion, culture, sports, and regional affairs.
watananews.com
Jordanian digital outlet covering national news, politics, society, economy, sport, local issues, and public-interest updates.