The Public Security Department restored calm to Wadi Musa, home of the iconic city of Petra, where protesters rioted, blocking traffic, burning tyres, throwing stones at passing cars and even pouring oil on roads to impede traffic and the flow of tourists to the area, for ha

Sunday’s Royal Decree dissolving the Lower House of Parliament, coupled with the resignation of the government of Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, who will be succeeded by a seasoned politician and diplomat Hani Mulki, were steps anticipated on the country’s path to reform.The Low

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to appoint ultra hardliner Avigdor Lieberman as defence minister is alarming and provocative in the extreme.Lieberman was added to the Netanyahu Cabinet after the resignation of defence minister Moshe Yaalon who accused Netanya

In his address to the country on the occasion of the 70th Independence Day, His Majesty King Abdullah said Jordan is a country with a message of “freedom, peace, harmony and development, relying on our principles and proud of our identity and achievements”.Equal citizens, equal c

In 2000, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1325, which addresses women’s safety and security in times of war and conflicts, and considers women an active factor in peace and war, at the same time committing UN member states to taking measures to implement it.Most recentl

Jordan today celebrates its 70th Independence Day with festivities that reflect the significance of the occasion.Over the past weeks, it has become common to see Jordanians spontaneously flying national flags on top of their cars, shops and homes in a show of pride in and belongi

President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Hiroshima on May 27, a symbolic visit, no doubt, but is not expected to offer an apology for his country’s nuclear bombing of the city, on August 6, 1945, which killed about 140,000, and that sort of leaves the issue unsettled.Japanese

According to a recent report published by the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, no less than 60,000 people have died in Syrian jails and detention centres since the start of the civil war in the country, more than five years ago.The human rights organisation compi

The just concluded state visit of Their Majesties King Abdullah and Queen Rania to Brussels, for talks with King Philippe and Queen Mathilde meant to boost the two countries’ ties and expand their strategic partnership, was important and successful.Jordan and Belgium may be two s