Jordan has said it is leaving “all options” open in its response to what it called Israel’s failure to discriminate between military and civilian targets in its intensifying bombardment and invasion of the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Bisher al Khasawneh did not elaborate on what further steps Jordan would take. “All options are on the table for Jordan in our dealing with the Israeli aggression... 

A series of explosions have lit up the night sky outside the city of Zarqa, northeast of Amman, the capital of Jordan, at a military ammunition depot in Ghabawi. The explosion took place at a warehouse of “unusable mortar bombs” in the Ghabawi area east of Zarqa and was caused by an electrical short, Petra reported citing Jordan’s minister of media affairs Amjad Adaileh. Maps of the area show... 

Ohh now that’s nice. More Muslim males in Europe. More potential terrorists… that’s just great! Israel has evacuated some 800 members of the controversial Western-backed White Helmets from Syria to Jordan to be resettled later in the UK, Canada, and Germany, according to statements from Tel Aviv and Amman. Emmanuel Nahshon, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, had confirmed on Twitter that... 

Ali al-Hasanat, a Jordanian man, has been put in prison for threatening to blow up the Australian embassy in Amman. A Jordanian man has been put in prison for threatening to blow up the Australian embassy in Amman and kill tourists from Australia. The charge sheet said that in January, Ali al-Hasanat, posted a message on his Facebook page addressed to the Australian embassy in Amman, “threatening... 

Jordanian lawmakers have demanded the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to Amman over the recent killing of a Palestinian-Jordanian judge by the Zionist regime’s forces. All 150 members of Jordan’s lower house of parliament signed on a Wednesday statement demanding the expulsion of Tel Aviv’s envoy and recalling of the Jordanian ambassador to Israel. The legislative statement further stated... 

Jordanian lawyers protest outside the Justice Ministry on March 12, 2014. Jordan says Israel was fully responsible for the fatal shooting of a Palestinian-Jordanian judge at the country’s border crossing with the occupied West Bank. In a Tuesday address to the parliament, Jordan’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour called the shooting a hideous crime, for which Israel was “completely responsible”. “Jordan... 

The US extends its embassy closures through August 10, State Department has announced. The Al-Qaeda threat that forced US and European embassies in the Middle East and North Africa to shut down is the most serious in years according to a US lawmaker. Although some of the US diplomatic posts are scheduled to reopen on Monday, including those in Kabul, Baghdad and Algiers, most of 22 US embassies that... 

President warns ‘extremists thrive in chaos’ as he resists US lawmakers’ calls to involve US any deeper in Syrian uprising. Barack Obama delivered a grave warning on Friday about the danger of post-Assad Syria becoming a haven for Islamist extremists. He portrayed a nightmare scenario in which Syrian institutions were destroyed beyond recognition and the country divided by sectarianism,... 

Protesters shout anti-regime slogans during a demonstration in Jordan’s capital Amman. Riots have spread across Jordan after the announcement of parliamentary election results which people in four provinces dispute. Violent clashes erupted on Thursday between police and protestors who accuse Jordan’s Independent Electoral Commission of vote-rigging, DPA reported. Police fired tear gas to disperse... 

Tens of thousands of Jordanian protestors take part in a demonstration to demand reforms in Amman on October 5, 2012. Tens of thousands of Jordanians have rallied in the capital, Amman, to demand political and constitutional reforms, hours after King Abdullah II dissolved the parliament. The “Friday to Rescue the Nation” rally was organized by Jordan’s main opposition party, the Muslim... 

Jordan's new Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh has been a member of the International Court of Justice since 2000. Amid fears of more street protests, the Jordanian king accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Maaruf al-Bakhit, replacing him with International Court of Justice judge Awn Khasawneh. According to a senior Jordanian government official, Maaruf al-Bakhit tendered his resignation on Monday... 

Barack Obama with King Abdullah II of Jordan (Left) The president made a weekend call to Jordanian King Abdullah II to assure him of U.S. support, but also to say that Washington wants Jordan to move toward reform. With protests rocking the Middle East, the Obama administration is reaching out to King Abdullah II of Jordan, trying to reassure a badly shaken ally of its support even as it calls for... 

Food price protests sweeping across North Africa and the Middle East reached Jordan on Friday. Thousands of Jordanians have taken to the streets of the country to protest the government’s inability to control the rising price of commodities. Chanting anti-government slogans, demonstrators in the capital Amman and other cities denounced the government economic policies on Friday, saying Prime...