Jordan

World Bank releases $300 million for Syrian refugees in Jordan

WASHINGTON: The World Bank announced Tuesday that it would release $300 million in loans to… Read More

Olympics: Jordanian and Iranian make history in taekwondo

RIO DE JANEIRO: It was a historic day in the Olympic taekwondo competition on Thursday… Read More

VIDEO: Cat gives birth to puppies… really?

A cat in Jordan has given birth to two puppies. Hold your shock for a… Read More

Jordan receives 17 bids for ambitious Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project

AMMAN: Jordan said Tuesday that 17 international firms have launched tenders for the construction of a… Read More

Jordan king swears in new government to prepare for elections

AMMAN: Jordanian King Abdullah swore in a new government led by a business-friendly politician on Wednesday,… Read More

Germany’s Mesut Ozil visits Syrian refugee camp

AMMAN: Arsenal's German international midfielder Mesut Ozil on Wednesday visited a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan,… Read More

Pakistan, Jordan to share expertise in counter-terrorism operations: COAS

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif says Pakistan and Jordan would share and… Read More

Gen Sharif conferred with Jordanian Medal of Merit

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif was conferred with most prestigious Jordanian… Read More

Qatari, Jordanian among five executed in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH: A Qatari and a Jordanian were among five people executed in Saudi Arabia on… Read More

Malaysia tops list of most popular destinations for Muslim travellers

KARACHI: There are more than 1 billion Muslims spread across the globe. The Muslim population… Read More

Britain to take 20,000 Syrian refugees over five years

LONDON: Britain will take 20,000 Syrian refugees from camps near the war-torn country's borders over… Read More

Three Islamic State car bombs hit Iraq-Jordan border crossing, four dead

BAGHDAD/AMMAN: Three suicide car bombs exploded at a border crossing between Iraq and Jordan on… Read More

Saudi executes Jordanian drug trafficker

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia executed a Jordanian man on Friday for drug trafficking in the kingdom,… Read More

Al Baraka Bank plans subordinated sukuk in Jordan

MANAMA: Bahrain-based Al Baraka Banking Group is planning on issuing its first Islamic bonds, or… Read More

Islamic State 'sentenced' U.S. hostage to death last year – activist

WASHINGTON: The young American hostage who Islamic State says was killed in a Jordanian air… Read More

Jordan army planes bomb IS targets for third day‬

AMMAN: Jordan carried out a third straight day of air strikes on Islamic State targets… Read More

Jordan vows to 'eradicate' IS as thousands march for pilot

AMMAN: Jordan vowed further retaliation against the Islamic State group for the burning alive of… Read More

Jordan executes two jihadists in response to pilot murder

AMMAN: Jordan executed two jihadist prisoners at dawn on Wednesday after vowing a harsh response… Read More

Saudi beheads Jordanian drug trafficker

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded a convicted Jordanian drug smuggler, bringing to 18 the… Read More

Pilot held by Islamic State puts Jordan's king in a tough spot

AMMAN: The fate of a Jordanian pilot held by Islamic State has raised public pressure… Read More