The US administration’s “overwhelming frustration” with Israel’s policies and action, its refusal to accept the two-state solution to its conflict with the Palestinians and its continued illegal settlement expansion on Palestinian land must have reached some peak, judging from Vi

The recent talks President Barack Obama held with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and other Arab Gulf leaders in Riyadh may have allayed some of their fears and anxieties about the US policy towards Iran and also vis-à-vis regional conflicts, especially the war in Syria.Obama had been

Several lawyers reportedly recently staged a sit in at the Jordan Bar Association to protest the proliferation of legal aid centres that offer legal assistance to people who cannot afford to pay lawyer fees.The protesting lawyers claimed that such free legal aid centres viol

The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) is projecting an additional 400,000 vehicles on the streets of Amman during the coming summer season, a figure that can only suggest the traffic jams and the mammoth task that awaits those wishing to ease them, like GAM.The number might even b

The government on Monday introduced five amendments to the Constitution, with one allowing people with dual nationality to serve in public posts.This provision, if approved by Parliament, will give equal opportunities to all Jordanians, many of whom study, work and live abroad fo

The Cabinet on Sunday endorsed a new version of the Penal Code containing provisions that “would curb crime and enforce” the state’s authority.An important amendment in the Penal Code concerns the controversial Article 308, according to which sex offenders were allowed to escape

Pope Francis’ brief meeting with US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Saturday at the Vatican may have been short in time but was long in symbolism and meaning.Sanders was at the Vatican to attend a conference at the Pontifical Academy of Social Justice, discussing

His Majesty King Abdullah said waging war on terrorism and those who live as outlaws of Islam is a duty of all Muslims if they wish to defend their faith and future.The words, read on the King’s behalf by Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour at the 13th session of the Islamic Summit Co

The resumption on Wednesday of Syria peace talks in Geneva coincides with continued violence in this Arab country and stubborn differences regarding the issues to be discussed first.While there is now a broad agreement that the political transition issue should figure high on the