Renown Jordanian publisher and radio show host Mohammed Al-Wakeel has been detained for one week pending investigations on charges of causing offense that could after he published an altered...

Jordan is to withdraw proposed amendments to a cybercrimes bill submitted to parliament that rights activists say would stifle freedom of expression, the government spokesman said on Sunday, Reuters reports....

Hundreds of people took to the streets in capital Amman on Thursday to protest against a controversial tax bill and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz, reports Anadolu Agency....

Syrian refugees are being exploited by western companies based in Lebanon and Jordan

Member of Hamas’ political bureau Izzat Al-Rishq welcomed Jordan’s decision to host an international conference on the dangers facing Al-Aqsa Mosque under the patronage of King Abdullah II. “Jordan’s...

Iranian Foreign Minister Jawad Zarif has said that his country is to oppose and mobilise opposition against a US draft resolution condemning Hamas and other Palestinian resistance factions, Iranian...

The unemployment rate in Jordan is up 0.1 per cent in the third quarter of the year compared to the same period last year, rising to 18.6 per cent,...

Jordan’s Minister of Endowment Abdel Nasser Abul Basal announced yesterday that his ministry is planning to hold an international conference about Al-Aqsa Mosque on 20 December, Quds Press reported....

Construction companies are failing to protect migrant and refugee workers in Jordan and Lebanon, a monitoring group said on Monday, calling for international organisations to pull funding if they...

Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Saturday received the Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya and Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj. According to...

Construction companies are failing to protect migrant and refugee workers in Jordan and Lebanon, a monitoring group said on Monday, calling for international organisations to pull funding if they...

Protestors yesterday stormed the headquarters of the Presidential Council of Libya’s internationally-recognised Government of National Accord in the country’s capital of Tripoli, Anadolu Agency has reported. The demonstrators were...

Jordanian activists have called on the Jordanian government to pressure the United Arab Emirates, UAE in order to pardon Jordanian journalist, Tayseer al-Najjar who is jailed in the UAE...

Jordanian Adaleh Centre for Human Rights Studies said as many as five persons have died due to “systematic” torture in the kingdom’s detention centres. “Torture is systematically carried out...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the visiting Chadian President on Sunday that he expects to make more trips to Arab countries in the near future after going to...

Jordan has asked Israel to increase its water allocation from Tiberias which is pumped to Jordan between May and October, Israel’s Hadashot TV reported on Tuesday. The station reported a...

Jordanian authorities yesterday refused to allow a pregnant Palestinian woman to travel to the West Bank, Quds News Network reported. The woman, Yaqeen Hayek, holds a West Bank ID...

The President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding has claimed that the six Gulf States are competing with each other over who will be first to establish diplomatic relations...

The Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said on Monday that its budget deficit for 2018 has been reduced from $446m to $21m. Pierre Krähenbühl made...

Dr Anandi Ramamurthy discusses ‘Cinema of the Palestinian Revolution’ ahead of its screening at the London Palestine Film Festival today. In 1982, Israel invaded the Lebanese capital Beirut to...

Some 1,261 Syrian refugees have returned to their home country over the last 24 hours, Russia’s Centre for Refugee Reception, Distribution and Settlement reported yesterday. In an official statement, the centre explained that...

Iraqi President Barham Salih and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz discussed on Sunday ways to strengthen bilateral relations and the developments in the Middle East. This came in a...

Jordan’s Prime Minister Omar al Razzaz said on Sunday the kingdom will pay a heavy price if parliament fails to approve new IMF-backed tax legislation, a main plank of...

State-run Royal Jordanian (RJ) airlines announced yesterday that it will suspend its charter subsidiary, Royal Wings, at the end of this month due to its high operational costs and...

A new report has revealed that a number of Middle Eastern countries are safer than the USA or many countries when it comes to travel. The report – undertaken...

Israel has invested millions of dollars in a Jordanian particle accelerator, Haaretz said. Egypt, Palestine, Turkey and Pakistan also backed the project, while states including China and Canada are...

The former Mossad chief, Ephraim Halevy has joined the Israeli private spy company; BlackCube as a member of the board of directors, head of the committee to screen potential...

Over 3,500 visitors were taken to safe areas on Friday before flash floods inundated parts of the southern mountainous city of Petra

Some 8,845 Jordanians are wanted by Syria’s intelligence agency, including former Jordanian Parliament President Abdul Latif Arabiyat, Syrian opposition news outlet Zaman Al-Wasl has reported. Arabiyaat, noted as a...

Secretary of the PLO Saeb Erekat said yesterday that the US had asked Jordan to stop supporting the Palestinian cause, Safa News Agency reported. During a speech delivered to...

King Abdullah II met at the Royal Hashemite Court on Wednesday with a number of dignitaries and representatives of the Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. “I welcome you to...

A United Nations aid convoy on Saturday reached the Rukban refugee camp in Syria where thousands of people are stranded in the desert, close to the border with Jordan,...