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Surrounded by regional crises, Jordan's greatest challenge remains its chronic energy woes, with officials racing to develop local alternative resources to reign in skyrocketing electricity subsidies.

Jordanian and U.S. special forces take part in a hijacked plane rescue simulation during their "Eager Lion" military exercise in Amman, May 27, 2012.

Philippine army soldiers patrol near an election campaign poster ahead of Monday's midterm elections, in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao in southern Philippines May 12, 2013.

Tops Friendly Markets, a leading full-service grocery retailer in upstate New York, northern Pennsylvania and western Vermont, today announced that the company has completed the acquisition of four Big M supermarkets.

A senior Jordanian official has confirmed that the Hashemite Kingdom is allowing the Israelis to fly unmanned drones over its air space as part of the Israeli monitoring of the situation in Syria.

The president of a New York police union defended an officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a standoff with an armed intruder, saying Tuesday the only person responsible for the woman's death... GENEVA - U.N. officials said Tuesday that the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan has suddenly fallen from an average ... (more)

Deputizing for HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Princess Sumaya University for Technology , Prof.

Royal Jordanian and Amadeus IT Group SA, a leading technology partner for the global travel industry, reached an agreement by which Amadeus donated around 100 pre-owned desktop and laptop computers that were uplifted by Royal Jordanian free of charge from Amadeus headquarters in Madrid to Amman.

The Supreme Court is taking a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open meetings in an upstate New York town.

A Jordanian military tribunal on Sunday acquitted five university students of incitement charges levelled over accusations they had engaged in "devil worship" and desecrated the Qur'an, a court official said.

For the third consecutive month this year, Airport International Group - the Jordanian company responsible for the rehabilitation, expansion and operation of the Queen Alia International Airport - has recorded positive results for QAIA traffic growth in March 2013.

Authors: Robert Satloff, Executive Director, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and David Schenker, Director, Program on Arab Politics, Washington Institute for Near East Policy Jordan has so far weathered the political storm that has engulfed much of the Middle East since late 2010.

Whether the Jordanian government likes it or not, the Jordanian-Palestinian agreement and the mood of the people regarding Jerusalem require it to take a new look at the situation in the holy city.

The New York Post reports that J-Lo is in the process of purchasing this Hamptons estate, last asking $9.995M, and boasting a 8,659-square-foot main house on three acres.

It is becoming clearer what the future Israeli plan for the Palestinians is. With the collusion of the United States the plan has two main components: The first is to make the life of the Palestinians miserable enough that they will want to leave and immigrate elsewhere.

Hundreds showed up at Auburn City Hall on Tuesday evening to pay their respects to U.S. Army Staff Sgt.

For more than 13 years, some of the most expensive cars to hit the road have been made in Onondaga County.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he expects Syria's government and the main opposition coalition to attend a peace conference in early June, with the goal of ending their two-year conflict.

The United States and Britain have stepped up pressure on Russia over Syria, but US president Barack Obama warned old suspicions could trample new "common ground" on the crisis.

Ahmad Battah, Mutah University's Vice-president for Academic Affairs, honored the winners of the Sixth National Technology Parade .