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One of Syria's most prominent dissidents, who worked for years against the Assad family regime, stepped out of prison two months ago to discover that his country was aflame with the revolution he long hoped for.
Economic sanctions on Syria coupled with steps by countries in the region will hasten the ouster of Bashar Assad's regime, a U.S. treasury official said Sunday, consulting with Jordan about enforcing the measures.
Demonstrators have demanded the closing of the U.S. Embassy in Jordan over Wikileaks cables suggesting covert U.S. plans to turn Jordan into a home for Palestinians.
Scores of Jordanian protesters demanding democratic changes from their king burned an American flag Friday, denouncing what they called attempts by Washington to interfere in the reform movement.
The death of Osama bin Laden is no reason to "lower our guard" against the threat of terrorism at next year's London Olympics, IOC President Jacques Rogge said Wednesday.
Jordan on Tuesday launched the world's largest online antiquities database, which details every archaeological site in the country and aims to help preserve its treasures. Its creators said the Web platform could be a model for Iraq, where looters have plundered its ancient heritage.
Pro-government supporters have attacked a gathering of Jordanian protesters demanding the dissolution of parliament and the firing of the country's prime minister, pelting them with stones and injuring six people.
The leader of Jordan's largest opposition group warned that patience was running out with what he called the government's slow steps toward reform, as protesters took to the streets Friday in the largest outpouring yet in two months of unrest.
Members of Jordan's major Bedouin tribes, normally a bedrock of support for King Abdullah II, added their weight Monday to opposition calls for sweeping reforms to open the country's politics and reverse spreading poverty.
Hundreds of Jordanians inspired by Egypt's uprising on Friday staged a protest against Jordan's prime minister, installed just days earlier in response to anti-government marches.
Jordan should stop stifling dissent and allow citizens to voice their grievances freely, an international human rights group said Thursday.
A Jordanian recruitment agency has dismissed a report alleging abuse of a Sri Lankan domestic worker.
Nuf al-Hadid, a 50-year-old former school principal, says most members of her prominent Bedouin tribe oppose her decision to run for Jordan's parliament in elections on Tuesday and have pressured her to pull out because she is a woman.
In the outskirts of this city, Libya's second largest, row after row of sand-colored concrete apartment blocks and villas are sprouting from the desert. Hundreds of kilometers away, construction cranes dot the Mediterranean skyline of the capital, Tripoli.
Jordan's king warned Israel in a rare public rebuke that it is "playing with fire" with its settlement policy, and said in comments published Thursday the Jewish state must decide whether it wants peace or war.
The Obama administration is seeking to establish conditions for the stalled Israel-Palestinian talks to resume, U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell said Monday, urging the two sides to exercise restraint.
A U.S.-based human rights group criticized Jordan Monday for stripping the citizenship of nearly 3,000 Jordanians of Palestinian origin in recent years.
Jordan's Queen Noor, a founder of an international initiative to eliminate nuclear weapons, called on the presidents of the United States and Russia to advance the cause at their Monday summit by agreeing to significant cuts in their arsenals.
A leading rights group urged Jordan on Tuesday to stop the detentions of thousands without trial each year and annul a 55-year-old law that allows people to be held without due process.
Jordan and Royal Dutch Shell PLC signed a concessionary agreement Sunday to explore for oil in the country's vast oil shale deposits.
Young Americans studying Arabic like to joke that Jordan is "Middle East Lite" — a safe way into a tumultuous region without Lebanon's violence, Syria's tense relationship with the U.S. or the Gulf's conservative culture.
Jordan's Queen Rania said Monday that her 5-month YouTube project aimed at challenging stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims hasn't made intolerance "melt away" but it has sparked some change in attitudes.
Archaeologists in Jordan have discovered a cave underneath one of the world's oldest churches and say it may have been an even more ancient site of Christian worship. But outside experts expressed caution about the claim.
A human rights group said Tuesday that the CIA transferred at least 14 terror suspects to Jordan for interrogation after Sept. 11, attacks.
Jordan's media savvy Queen Rania has launched an appeal on YouTube for a global dialogue to dismantle stereotypes of Muslims and the Arab world, the royal palace said Monday.
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