His Majesty King Abdullah has highlighted the essential role science and scientists play in ensuring the survival of mankind and progress in all fields, stressing the importance of adopting a global policy and creating the necessary infrastructure to support scientists.Expressing

Thursday’s heavy downpour in most parts of the country wreaked havoc on normal life, bringing it to a standstill in some areas.Worse, it took the life of four people, two of them children.The damage was quite extensive.

In a rare move, the police director met with representatives of some 150 civil society and human rights institutions on Tuesday to discuss the status of human rights in the country and the conduct of the police.The talks were also meant to strengthen cooperation between police an

The government’s decision to increase the fixed charge included in the water bill by almost 100 per cent must have been dictated by the circumstances.The cost of water to the public has been very low, and that often encouraged waste and overuse.In a country poor in water resource

His Majesty King Abdullah’s Sunday meeting with dignitaries from Maan Governorate highlights the importance the Monarch attaches to this part of the country, which is among the least developed and where there are more poverty pockets.“Maan is for us and has rights,” said the King

Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour was upbeat about the state of the national economy when he confirmed, during a press conference a few days ago, that it is healthy and on the right track.The best evidence that the economy is in good condition is the fact that the Jordanian dinar, w

US and French intelligence chiefs gave a similar forecast for the future of the Middle East at a recent seminar organised by George Washington University on intelligence predictions for the area.The two high officials share a common view of what to expect in the region and have c

Much hope was pinned on the multinational Vienna meeting on Syria, but the communiqué issued at its end was long on generalities and short on details; in other words, a letdown.Listening to US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, at the end of

Syrian President Bashar Assad told a visiting Russian parliamentary delegation a few days ago that his country must eradicate terrorism before it can hold the promised parliamentary and presidential elections.The Syrian president holds the view that “the eradication of terrorist