Jordan will close its land trade border crossing with Syria for a week after a rise in COVID-19 cases coming from its northern neighbour, officials said on Wednesday, Reuters...

The Magistrate’s Criminal Court in Amman decided on Sunday to impose a news blackout on cases related to the Jordanian Teachers’ Union. The ban covers news, publications and comment...

After Tuesday’s blasts in Lebanon’s capital Beirut, offers of assistance have been pouring in from across the world, with France, Germany, Canada, Bangladesh, Israel, Russia, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait and...

Lebanon’s Ambassador to Jordan, Tracy Chamoun, has resigned in the aftermath of the massive explosion which rocked Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least 145 and injuring thousands more, citing...

Jordanian security forces on Tuesday used tear gas to disperse stone-throwing demonstrators it blamed for disrupting public services during a protest demanding the release of leaders of the opposition-run...

Jordan on Tuesday postponed a resumption of international flight services that was planned for Wednesday almost five months after they were suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, officials said....

What will it take for the idea of a two-state solution, which was hardly practical to begin with, to be completely abandoned? Every realistic assessment of the situation on...

The coronavirus pandemic continued to claim lives across the Middle East and North Africa on Saturday. Below is a summary of deaths and confirmed cases, as reported by Anadolu...

King Abdullah II of Jordan yesterday issued a decree to hold parliamentary elections in the country, the Royal Court announced. “The Board of Commissioners of the Independent Election Commission...

A five- year-old boy died and over 700 others were struck with food poisoning after consuming cut-price shawarma from a restaurant in Baqa’a district, northwest of the Jordanian capital...

A 14-year-old boy stabbed his mother to death in the Jordanian capital Amman, local media reported yesterday. “A 40-year-old woman was found dead and covered with blood at her home...

Coronavirus has hit the livestock industry hard. Will demands for Eid sacrifices be met?

Jordan and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have signed a $700 million agreement to support one million vulnerable Jordanians and refugees until 2022. The Ministry of Planning and...

The authorities in Jordan have detained and interrogated 13 members of the Teachers’ Union and closed its offices for two years, official sources reported on Saturday. The move, said...

The Jordan judiciary ordered a two-year shut down of the teachers union after hauling members of the union’s council in for alleged “criminal and corruption charges”, Alaraby English reported....

The horrific ‘honour killing’ by a Jordanian father of his daughter over the weekend has sparked protests, both online and in the streets. بدنا ثورة نسوية #صرخات_الاردنيات pic.twitter.com/OYoO3jAiVt —...

Almost 2,000 Jordanian teachers protested yesterday to demand the government abide by the agreement signed between the two parties in October 2019. The march, which was organised by a...

Egypt has been seeking support from a number of its Arab neighbours, including Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, in its dispute with Turkey. The Jordanian government has offered to...

Jordan could view a one-state solution that provides equal rights to both Palestinians and Israelis “very favourably”, Prime Minster Omar Razzaz has told the Guardian. “You close the door...

Israel has been trying for years to normalise relations with its neighbours, especially in the Arab and Muslim countries. In doing so, the Israelis are trying to isolate the...

Witnesses alleged Ahlam ran into the street bleeding and was chased by her father who bludgeoned her to death with a brick

Jordan’s highest judicial authority, the Court of Cassation has issued an order to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood branch in the country

Jordan’s Princess Raiyah Bint Al-Hussein married to Ned Donovan, the grandson of British author Roald Dahl in an intimate, socially-distanced ceremony in England this week. The bride, 34, posted...

Nine Arab countries on Tuesday called for an effective international stance against an Israeli plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, reports Anadolu Agency. The foreign ministers...

Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, said yesterday that a just peace in Palestine will not be achieved as long as the Israeli occupation remains. Speaking at the 9th ministerial...

State-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said in a statement that it has no plans to offer jobs to Jordanians in the oil sector. “There is no previous or later...

Commenting on expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Speaker of Kuwaiti Parliament Marzouq Al-Ghanim has called on the international community to stop Israel’s “arrogance”, Quds Press reported yesterday....

Jordanian actress Mais Hamdan sparked anger after posting a comedy sketch on Instagram which many felt inappropriately made fun of women with big or crooked teeth.

The Jordanian Ministry of Health has announced plans to ban all forms of smoking in closed public places in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic. “In order to protect...

Jordan has issued more than 190,000 work permits to Syrian refugees in Jordan, RT Arabic reported the Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs, Ayman Safadi, saying yesterday. The needs of Syrian...

International donors have pledged to contribute $130 million in aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) working for the welfare of Palestinian refugees in support of its core...

The US Department of Defence announced yesterday the death of an American soldier in Jordan who died on Tuesday in a non-combat related incident. “We lost 20-year-old Nick Bravo...