Jordanian Prime Minister Hani al-Mulki on Monday tendered his resignation to King Abdullah II following protests over a controversial income tax bill. King Abdullah accepted the resignation and appointed education minister Omar al-Razzaz to head [ More … ]
Ongoing issues regarding Palestine and the status of Jerusalem were discussed during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s one-day visit to Jordan Monday. Ahead of his departure from Istanbul, Erdoğan said at a press conference that [ More … ]
The Muslim Brotherhood and its allies claimed a ‘major victory’ in Jordan’s provincial and municipal elections, which concluded late on Tuesday. A Muslim Brotherhood-led coalition announced a “major victory” in Jordan’s local elections on Tuesday, [ More … ]
Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Al-Mulki would pay a one-day official visit to Khartoum on Thursday, said Sudan’s official news agency SUNA. According to the state agency, Al-Mulki would discuss with the First Vice-President and Prime [ More … ]
Jordan king seeks trial for Israeli embassy gunman while Netanyahu wants execution of Palestinian attacker King Abdullah urged Netanyahu to ‘take responsibility’ including a trial for the killer, while the Israeli leader called for the [ More … ]
Jordan’s foreign minister said the government would not ‘trade with the blood of our children’, demanding the Israeli embassy agent accused of killing two Jordanians face questioning in Amman. Jordan said there would be “no [ More … ]
An Israeli embassy guard shot dead a teenage Jordanian who allegedly attacked him with a screwdriver at the Israeli embassy in Amman, while a second Jordanian doctor was killed ‘accidentally’. An Israeli embassy guard shot [ More … ]
Maarik al-Tawaiha found guilty of killing three American military trainers outside army base in southern Jordan A Jordanian court on Monday sentenced a soldier to life imprisonment over the killing of three American military trainers [ More … ]
Amman joins several Arab nations amid ongoing row Jordan will downgrade diplomatic ties with Qatar, following the example of several nations in the Arab world, Amman said Wednesday. The decision aims to ensure regional stability, [ More … ]
Jordan has reached the limit of its capacity to cope with the burden of hosting Syrian refugees, Planning Minister Imad al-Fakhoury said in a statement. Jordan has hit the limit of its ability to host [ More … ]
Informed sources said that Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has shown unprecedented flexibility towards the Saudi, American and Jordanian suggestions to send troops from the Egyptian army to the direct engagement lines with the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq [ More … ]
Jordanian fighter jets have shot down an unidentified drone near the northern border with war-torn Syria as international troops are “massing” on the Jordanian side. Jordan’s air force has shot down an unidentified drone near [ More … ]
The Iranian ambassador to Amman was summoned on Sunday, over comments made describing King Abdullah as ‘silly and careless’. Jordan summoned Iran’s ambassador to Amman at the weekend, the foreign ministry confirmed, after an Iranian [ More … ]
At least three people were killed in a car bomb attack and subsequent shooting at a security checkpoint in al-Rukban refugee camp on Saturday evening. At least three people were killed, including a child, and [ More … ]
Israel’s transport minister proposed on Wednesday linking its freight railway network with Jordan and Saudi Arabia and said he presented the idea to US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy last month. Under the proposal, [ More … ]
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