Amman, Jordan News

BEIRUT -- An intriguing item about the mysterious leader of a ferocious militant group floated around the Lebanese and Syrian media over the weekend.

Whether it's the combined impact of the two filmmakers' most recent work on gangster thrillers, or a case of just plain bad moviemaking, Body Of Lies and its CIA setting in the midst of Middle Eastern terror ...

A mosque named after the central figure of Christianity is the latest milestone of interfaith coexistence in Jordan.

Delegates from across the Middle East and the North Africa Region, together with scholars from the rest of the world will assemble to discuss the critical relationships between tourism, heritage and culture.

By Hani Hazaimeh AMMAN - The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation on Thursday signed five agreements with the United States Agency for International Development , under which Jordan will get ...

Monday, September 29, 2008 AMMAN: Israel's Mossad spy agency was behind a deadly car bomb attack in Damascus on Saturday which killed 17 people, according to a columnist in the Jordanian semi-official daily ...

Three were killed and 37 injured in traffic accidents on Saturday as the country saw its first rain this season.

Main Category: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Also Included In: Stem Cell Research ; Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 27 Sep 2008 - 0:00 PDT A preclinical study involving the injection of ...

Taameer Jordan Holdings held an Iftar banquet at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Amman, hosting over 400 TJH customers, business professionals, and other prominent figures from the local community.

China and Jordan on Tuesday inked a deal on a power station expansion project, the first of its kind implemented by Chinese firms in Jordan's power generation sector and hailed by the Chinese ambassador in ...

Jordan announced today the signing of an agreement with the Jordanian Kuwaiti Infrastructure Development Company , the Company responsible for implementing the Light Rail System Project.

The United Group Holding announced that the Jordan Securities Commission has endorsed the listing of the company on the Amman Stock Exchange as of Sunday, September 14, in line with the instructions governing ...

LSS Catering Services, formed out of a joint venture between public and private entrepreneurs entities and Jordan's largest industrial food caterer, announced the signing of an agreement with Amman Academy to ...

A signing ceremony took place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman today announcing the acquisition of 52 per cent of the Industrial Development Bank and the plans to convert it into Jordan Dubai Islamic Bank .

Amman, Sep 14: Jordan Sunday called on the European Union to play a much bigger role in restoring peace in the troubled Middle East region.

Amman- Jordan's King Abdullah II conferred on Sunday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and called for progress to be made on core issues in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

AMMAN, 10 September 2008 - A lawsuit in a US court over the alleged involvement of a Jordanian company in human trafficking has forced the Jordanian government to act against the practice.

Seven years after September 11, 2001, al-Qaida as an organization is seen by many analysts to be in some disarray.

The public-service TV ads deliver a cheerful, yet pointed, message to Muslims observing Ramadan's traditional dawn to dusk fast: 'Don't overeat' when night comes. 'Exercise and stay healthy.'

The government media campaign _ one of the Arab world's first _ aims to combat the serious health problems, from heart attacks to diabetic comas, that often mark Islam's holy month.

Traditionally a time of abstinence and focus on prayer in the Muslim world, Ramadan has also become, health officials worry, a time of overdoing it and unhealthy habits.

Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt implored diplomats Tuesday at the U.N.'s first symposium on victims of terrorism to stand up to terrorists while mixing their strategies with humanism and love.