Egyptian journalist Hassan Al-Banna, who was released from prison in February last year, has been arrested by the Egyptian police and disappeared after he had been deported from Jordan. The Egyptian journalist who was deported [ More … ]
An alleged plot to unseat King Abdullah II of Jordan unfolded Saturday, unsettling the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The alleged coup attempt found wide range Arab and American responses backing the Jordanian Monarch, which raises [ More … ]
Several patients died on March 13 in the Jordanian capital, Amman, due to a shortage of oxygen supplies, reminding of a similar incident in Egypt’s Shaqiya Governorate on January 3, but with different reactions from [ More … ]
Jordan is ready to play part in relaunching peace negotiations with Palestinian leadership, monarch says Jordan’s King Abdullah II has warned that continued unilateral actions will kill any chance for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, [ 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 … ]
Defying the position of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, four Arab states gave their support to the Middle East peace plan overseen by Jared Kushner, Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, leaving the Israeli-Palestinian peace [ 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 … ]
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