The billionaire ruler of Dubai arranged the kidnapping of two of his adult daughters and forcibly returned them to the Gulf state after they attempted to flee abroad, a UK court has found. In a case described [ More … ]
US stops sending sniffer dogs to Egypt, Jordan after seven died of ‘negligence’ Several of the animals died in Egypt and Jordan due to lack of care, says US State Department The United States announced [ More … ]
Jordanian King Abdullah quietly visited Istanbul and transited to Tunis. King Abdullah was President Erdogan’s guest on Saturday at the Huber mansion in Tarabya, where the king’s grandfather had also lived for a period of [ More … ]
Dozens of Jordanians protested at the country’s prime ministry on Thursday against economic policies and corruption as part of a growing new, leaderless youth protest movement. Some 400 young Jordanians braved torrential rain, flooded streets [ More … ]
King Abdullah II bestows Order of Al-Hussein bin Ali – Jordan’s most honorific title – on visiting prince Jordanian King Abdullah II met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday [ More … ]
France’s Intelligence Online website and Israel’s Channel 10 reported that a secret meeting took place on June 17, 2018, in the Jordanian city of Aqaba at the request of the American envoys, Greenblatt and Trump’s advisor [ More … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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