Jordan is making good on its policy to increase reliance on renewable sources of energy, basically solar and wind, by embarking on projects designed for that purpose.It recently signed deals with the Greece-based Sunrise Photovoltaic Systems and Saudi Oger Ltd.

Amnesty International has recently levelled very serious accusations at Russia for having resorted to indiscriminate bombing in Syria since the onset of its military campaign there, nearly three months ago, which killed more than 2,000 civilians.The Amnesty director for Middle Ea

Students at some 50 schools across the country must be overjoyed, knowing that work has started to introduce heating in their schools.The plan, initiated by His Majesty King Abdullah in February, envisages heating schools up in the winter, thus making the school environment frien

Friday’s unanimously adopted UN Security Council resolution on Syria has been hailed as a breakthrough, as an endeavour that outlines at long last a roadmap for ending the five-year civil war in this Arab country and ushers in a new era for its suffering people.The prominent prov

According to a recent survey conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research, two-thirds of Palestinians surveyed support the wave of knife stabbings of Israelis and view an armed Intifada as “serving the Palestinian national interests in ways that negotiations

Saudi Arabia’s recent announcement that a 34-state military coalition to combat terrorism was created is bound to bring additional impetus to the ongoing international efforts to fight Daesh and its ilk.Riyadh’s initiative to create this additional united force made up of Muslim

The mere thought that Russia might use nuclear weapons in Syria sends fears not only in the region, but across the globe.Russian President Vladimir Putin was recently quoted as telling his minister of defence that the 3M-54 Kalibr missiles it launches from the Rostov-on-Don subma

Since 2007, Parliament has been trying to adopt legislation on medical practice without success.A few days ago, however, the Senate finally accepted to draft a law on medical accountability, legislation that is really needed and that, it is hoped, will regulate medical practice.T

The very recent Paris climate change deal, reached by 195 countries, has been rightly described as historic, ambitious and balanced.To start with, the success of the Paris meeting bears witness to French diplomacy and statesmanship, not only in convening the conference in Paris —