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Arab Music’s Alternative Ambassadors Find Fans, and Bans

Their voices narrate the unofficial soundtrack of life as an Arab today. But for the artists leading the Arab world's...

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Britain’s May Heads To Saudi Seeking Deals

British Prime Minister Theresa May heads to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday hoping to tap the oil-rich kingdom's "immense...

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Britain’s May Begins Mideast Trip Focused On Security, Trade

British Prime Minister Theresa May landed in Amman on Monday for a three-day trip to Jordan and Saudi Arabia focused on...

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UK To Send Military Trainers To Jordan To Help Fight IS

The prime minister says allies must come together to combat the threat posed by IS Britain will send military trainers...

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King Abdullah To Visit White House April 5

Jordan's King Abdullah will visit the White House next week for his second meeting with Donald Trump since the US...

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Sudan’s Bashir To Attend Arab Summit

President Omar al-Bashir will attend an Arab League summit in Amman this week, Sudan's foreign minister said Sunday,...

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UN Chief Heads To Arab Summit After Row Over Israel ‘apartheid’ Report

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres travels to Jordan next week to attend an Arab summit following a row over the...

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Electronics Banned On Some US Flights From Middle East

The US has announced a ban on electronic devices from cabin baggage on flights from eight mainly Middle Eastern and...

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US Bans Laptops, Tablets From Cabins On Flights From Middle East

The United States warned Tuesday that extremists plan to target passenger jets with bombs hidden in electronic devices,...

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Israel Brands Palestinian Fund ‘terrorist’ Organisation

Israel's Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday labelled the Palestinian National Fund, which provides...

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Jordan Gets Women’s Stadium For 2018 Asia Cup

The Jordan Football Association on Sunday inaugurated its first women's stadium in the capital Amman that is to feature...

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Jordan Releases Soldier Who Killed 7 Israeli Schoolgirls

A Jordanian soldier who shot dead seven Israeli schoolgirls in 1997 was released from prison Sunday after serving out...

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Jordan Releases Soldier Who Killed 7 Israeli Schoolgirls

A Jordanian soldier who killed seven Israeli schoolgirls in 1997 was released on Sunday after serving 20 years in...

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Jordan Hangs 15 Convicts At Dawn, Most In Years

Jordan hanged 15 death row prisoners at dawn on Saturday, its information minister said, in a further break with the...

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MSF Urges Aid Access In Yemen

Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday urged all warring parties in Yemen to allow aid deliveries, saying it had treated...

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Syria Refugees Shrug Off Peace Talks But Dream of Home

Almost six years into a war that has devastated their country, Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon say they expect...

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US Committed To Israel Embassy Move

While remaining committed to relocating the US Embassy to Jerusalem, the Trump administration is expected to move...

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Trump Has Political Sensibility

On the morning of Eid al-Adha in December 2006, Raghad Saddam Hussein, her sister and their children squeezed together...

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Tourist, Police Killed

Ten people were killed and 34 were wounded Sunday in what a Jordanian official called a "cowardly terrorist attack."...