New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee will travel to Israel and Palestine this weekend, becoming the first Head of Indian State to visit these two rival nations and providing an opportunity for him to impress upon
Beirut/ Amman: A US official said today that more than 10,000 Islamic State militants have been killed by American-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria in nine months, offering a body count for a campaign that
Zurich: Sepp Blatter was on Friday re-elected as the president of the world football governing body, FIFA, for the fifth consecutive time as he defeated lone challenger, Jordan's Prince Ali bin al-Hussein here.Prince Ali conceded
Dead Sea (Jordan): Iraq called on the US-led coalition on Friday to change its strategy against the Islamic State (IS) in its bid to defeat the terror group.After IS took control of Ramadi city in
Damascus: Islamic State militants infiltrated a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus today and were clashing with a Palestinian group, the deepest foray yet by the extremist group into the Syrian capital, seat of President Bashar
Amman: Jordan and Russia signed a deal that is worth 10 billion US dollars to support the implementation of Jordan's first nuclear plant, Xinhua reported citing state-run Petra news agency reported.Khaled Toukan, chairman of the
The Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh who was recently burnt alive by Islamic State was heavily sedated and was unaware of what was happening. A news report in Saudi Arabia's burnews.com says that Islamic State militant
Amman, Jordan: The United Arab Emirates said Saturday it ordered a squadron of F-16 fighters to Jordan, which an official said would participate in airstrikes on the Islamic State group after the UAE earlier suspended
Amman, Jordan: The Jordanian interior minister says Jordan is going after Islamic State group militants wherever they are and plans to “wipe them out completely.”Hussein al-Majali's comments, published Saturday, were the latest in a series
Amman, Jordan: Jordanian warplanes bombed Islamic State targets on Thursday, state TV said, after the country's king vowed to wage a “harsh” war against the militants who control large areas of neighboring Syria and Iraq.The
Amman: A Jordanian government spokesman says Jordan has executed two prisoners, including a would-be female suicide bomber from al-Qaeda.The executions at dawn today came just hours after Islamic State militants released a video that purportedly
Cairo: A video released online Tuesday purportedly shows a Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State extremist group being burned to death.The Associated Press was not immediately able to confirm the authenticity of the video,
Amman: Jordan said Wednesday that it wants the Islamic State (IS) to prove that the Jordanian pilot abducted by the militant group last month was still alive."Jordan has asked the Islamic State (IS) to provide
Amman, Jordan: Jordan said Wednesday it is willing to swap an Iraqi woman held on death row in Jordan for a Jordanian pilot captured in December by extremists from the Islamic State group.The statement by
Amman: Jordan would continue to defend Christian and Islamic holy sites in east Jerusalem, the country's foreign minister Nasser Judeh said on Tuesday.Judeh reiterated the government's keenness to protect the sites in the holy city
Amman: Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour said on Saturday that it was the duty of all Arabs and Muslims to stand up to terrorism and terrorist groups that tarnish the image of Islam, media reported.Jordan,
Amman: King Abdullah II of Jordan on Thursday said Middle East will continue to suffer from instability and lack of security if no solution to the Palestinian issue is found, media reported.In a letter sent
Amman: Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood has demanded the release of its detained leader Zaki Bani Rsheid.In a statement Friday, the group said that the security forces had arrested its deputy head Zaki Bani Rsheid Thursday, Xinhua
Paris: France has decided to deploy six Mirage fighter jets in Jordan to back missions against the Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Iraq."There were nine Rafale (jets) in the UAE and they will be reinforced
Amman: King Abdullah II of Jordan on Wednesday warned of repeated and provocative Israeli violations in Jerusalem and against Al Aqsa Mosque, media reported.At a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Jordanian leader said
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