Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Nsur (R), Jordan's Queen Rania (C) and her son Prince Hussein (L) attend the opening of the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa on Saturday on the shores of the Dead Sea, southeast of Amman. (AFP)
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan: Jordan’s King Abdallah said yesterday extremism has “grown fat” off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
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DUBAI: Diplomatic cables recently released by WikiLeaks indicate authorities in the United Arab Emirates debated whether to keep quiet about the high-profile kil
RAMALLAH: The Israeli forces operating in West Bank arrested 10 Palestinians including a member of Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), early Tuesday, sources
ANKARA: Turkey's state-run news agency says a court convicted a Palestinian man of having ties to Al-Qaeda and attempting a plane hijacking and sentenced hi
TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that the West's hostile policies could harm further talks over the country's disputed nuc
BAGHDAD: The Baghdad military spokesman says security officials are investigating the possibility of removing some of the hundreds of checkpoints across the city
RAMALLAH: About 20 Israeli suppliers will help build the first modern Palestinian city in the West Bank but only after promising they will not use products or se
ANKARA: A Turkish court has rejected demands from lawyers that three judges hearing the case against more than 200 current and former military officers accused o
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: A tsunami of intolerance and discrimination against Arabs, ultra-Orthodox Jews and African refugees has washed over Israel in recent weeks, c