AMMAN (AFP) - (AFP) - King Abdullah II on Sunday said a panel he named earlier this year has recommended the creation of a constitutional court as a key step to achieve social and political reforms in Jordan.
Proposals made by the Royal Committee on Constitutional Review are "solid proof of Jordan's ability to revitalise itself and its legislation and approach the future with a vision of social [...]
CAIRO (AFP) - (AFP) - A Jordanian and an Israeli are to go on trial in Egypt on charges of spying for the Jewish state's intelligence services, the state news agency MENA said on Sunday.
The telecoms engineer from Jordan and the Israeli "officer with the Mossad" spy agency are to go on trial in Egypt's state security court on charges of having worked "to damage the national interests of Egypt," [...]
AMMAN (AFP) - (AFP) - Fifteen years after "Trekkie" King Abdullah II briefly appeared in an episode of Star Trek, Jordan is planning to construct a $1.5-billion-dollar park themed on the cult American science fiction series.
The "Red Sea Astrarium" will be built in the country's sole port of Aqaba, 350 kilometres (217 miles) south of Amman, spanning 184 acres (74.4 hectares), and will include a [...]
AMMAN (AFP) - (AFP) - Jordan said on Monday it will announce in November the firm it has chosen to build the parched kingdom's first nuclear plant to meet growing energy needs and desalinate water.
"Three companies were selected in June -- a consortium by France's Areva and Japan's Mitsubishi, Russia's Atomstroyexport and Atomic Energy of Canada," Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Khaled Tu [...]
AMMAN (AFP) - (AFP) - Jordanian youth groups said on Thursday they plan to increase their pro-reform demonstrations in Amman and other cities during the holy month of Ramadan and for the Eid al-Fitr festival.
"The Youth and Popular Reform Movements have decided to raise their field action and fill Amman and other governorates with the spirit of reform and freedom," the groups said on their Face [...]
AMMAN (AFP) - (AFP) - More than 3,000 Jordanian demonstrators, mostly opposition Islamists, took to the streets of central Amman on Friday, demanding "genuine" regime reforms and condemning attacks against the media.
"The people want to reform the regime. Millions of dinars are stolen while people are starving," chanted the protesters as they held a large national flag and marched from Al-Husse [...]
AMMAN (AFP) - (AFP) - Jordan's government said Thursday it will not tolerate threats or attacks against diplomatic missions or news agencies, a day after an anti-AFP demonstration was staged outside the French embassy in Amman.
"The government will not allow threats or attacks against institutions ... particularly embassies and news agencies," Interior Minister Mazen Saket told Al-Arab Al-Yawm [...]
AMMAN (AFP) - (AFP) - Around 100 people demonstrated on Wednesday outside the French embassy in Amman, demanding the resignation of the AFP bureau chief in the Jordanian capital.
"We want AFP offices closed," chanted the protesters who gathered at the call of MP Yehia Saud, who organised Tuesday a demonstration outside AFP offices to urge the government to take legal action against bureau chief [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - (AFP) - The Israeli military and police on Monday captured a boat on the Dead Sea which was trying to smuggle weapons from Jordan, and detained two Palestinians on board, officials said.
The boat was carrying a number of Kalashnikov assault rifles, magazines and other weapons, a statement from the army said, adding that two men, both Palestinians, were being questioned by Isra [...]
AMMAN (AFP) - (AFP) - More than Jordanian 300 youths demonstrated in Amman Friday to condemn government "oppression" and "terrorising" of the media, a week after several journalists were beaten up as they covered a pro-reform sit-in.
"No to government intimidation, oppression and terrorising of the press," the youths chanted as they marched from Al-Husseini mosque in central Amman to the nearby [...]
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