Kuwait has announced that Emir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmed al Jaber Al Sabah would head the Kuwaiti delegation to the extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul on Friday, Kuwait’s official KUNA news agency reported. The summit of Muslim countries will focus on the latest incidents[…]
The United States Senate has confirmed CIA Director Mike Pompeo as the new secretary of state. Senators on Thursday voted 57 to 42 in favour of US President Donald Trump’s nominee, ending a difficult confirmation process dogged by stiff resistance from the Democrats. Pompeo, a former army officer who served[…]
By David Hearst On 21 August 1969, an Australian citizen called Denis Rohan set fire to an 800-year-old wooden pulpit, a gift to al-Aqsa mosque from the Islamic hero Saladin (1137-1193), who led the military campaign against the Crusaders. Apart from being considered mentally ill, Rohan thought he was acting[…]
Two Jordanians have been killed and an Israeli wounded by gunfire in a residential building in the heavily fortified Israeli embassy compound in Jordan’s capital Amman, the kingdom’s Public Security Directorate said. The shooting took place on Sunday evening in a residential building used by embassy staff. On Monday, Israel’s[…]
The 28th Arab League Summit kicked off on Wednesday at the Dead Sea in Jordan, where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated his commitment to the two-state solution and the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative without any revisions. Abbas said during the summit, held in the King Hussein Convention Center, that Israel must[…]
A Jordanian soldier who killed seven Israeli schoolgirls in 1997 was released after serving 20 years in prison. Ahmed Daqamseh was given a rousing welcome in his home village in northern Jordan after being freed on Sunday. He expressed no remorse for the killings. Daqamseh was greeted by chanting supporters[…]
Armed men have killed 10 people, including security officers and a Canadian tourist, in southern Jordan where security forces have reportedly shot four unidentified attackers. A government spokesperson told Jordanian news media on Sunday evening that the security operation in Karak, a city 120km south of capital Amman, had come[…]
The World Bank announced on Tuesday it will release $300 million in loans to help facilitate the labour market for Syrian refugees in Jordan. The funds will be used to attract investors and create reforms that will help grant access to the Syrian labour force, the Bank said in a[…]
The Jordanian government condemned Israel’s violations on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, citing recent raids into the site over the final days of the holy month of Ramadan, when dozens of Palestinian worshipers and workers were assaulted by Israeli forces with rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters, and beaten with batons.[…]
The Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political wing of Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood, announced on 11 June that the group would compete in the September 20 parliamentary elections. The IAF’s participation stands in contrast to the group’s boycotting of the previous two consecutive races in 2013 and 2010. Zaki Bani Rhaid,[…]
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