One person killed in shooting near Israel embassy in Jordan
One Jordanian was killed and two others were wounded, including an Israeli, in a shooting incident on Sunday in a building within the Israeli embassy…
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Syria’s de-escalation
WHEN a group of teenage boys scrawled “down with the regime” on their school wall they lit the powder that ignited Syria’s civil war. Ever…
Soldier who killed US military trainers was imprisoned in Jordan
A Jordanian military court sentenced a soldier to life imprisonment with hard labour on Monday for killing three US military trainers last year, a judicial…
Syrian child raped and murdered in Jordan
This week, the body of a young boy was found in an abandoned warehouse in the Jordanian capital, Amman. The news spread quickly; a Syrian…
Russia and USA agree to keep Iran away from Jordan
Russia, US and Jordan agreed on a memorandum of understanding that includes the principles of establishing safe zones in Deraa and its countryside and the…
USA wants to expand airline electronics ban beyond Middle East
Washington is considering broadening the restrictions of electronic devices on flights to the United States beyond the current ban on several Middle Eastern countries, according…
Jordan greets increasing number of British visitors
Jordan saw further growth in UK visitor numbers in the first quarter of 2017, January – March, increasing by 15.8 per cent, compared to the…
Jordan calls to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and surrender him to the ICC
Jordan must immediately arrest Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir and hand him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face charges of genocide, war crimes…
Jordan: Migrant domestic workers run the gauntlet between abuse and jail
Maricel realised too late that the window had locked shut behind her. The 31-year-old Filipina was perched outside a second floor window, blood filling her…
Everything about the in-flight laptop ban
What’s it all about? The U.S. government was the first to announce it is temporarily barring passengers on certain flights originating in eight Muslim-majority countries…