Perhaps those who support the return of some form of mandatory military service, dubbed locally "banner service", have been reluctant to say it loud because they know the answer in advance: lack of funds at very difficult times facing the national economy. Even when Prime Mi

For the world's number one anti-graft watchdog to carry the name "Transparency International" has a very good reason.

There are no permanent friends or enemies in politics or international relations, they say, but there are permanent interests.

Prime Minister Omar Razzaz might be the last bullet in Jordan's gun as a man who comes at a desperate time to give hope, supposing he can.The Harvard professor and technocrat-turned-politician has more charisma and popular approval than any other premier Jordan has seen in decade

Enough is enough. Motorbikes roaming the streets of our cities have become too much of a public nuisance for the extremely loud exhaust systems they use "as an alternative for horns to warn motorists".This is the most ridiculous excuse one could ever hear.

Jordan wins, and thats what counts most.Attached to it is a cluster of winners, including the approach of leadership to protests that took place across the Kingdom, but the star was the nightly activity held mainly by educated middle-class youth at the Fourth Circle in Amman.&nbs

Commenting on the civilised manner the protests against the income tax draft law and social injustice, among others, His Majesty King Abdullah has said that he was happy to see the refined behaviour of thousands of the country's youth from all backgrounds and walks of life. 

As he met heads of professional associations, who were planning a nationwide strike protesting the proposed income tax law, Prime Minister Hani Mulki told the critics that amending the existing law, as part of an adjustment programme coordinated with the International Monetary Fu

Officials involved in the ongoing talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), at the fiscal and monetary levels, seem more confident, and rightly so, in this critical round. For starters, the IMF’s assessment of progress in reforms undertaken by the government is extre