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Jill Biden to promote women, youth on trip to Mideast, North Africa, Europe

Jill Biden will promote women and youth empowerment — and attend a Jordanian royal wedding — during an upcoming trip to the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.

Arab leaders warn Israeli actions threaten regional turmoil

Dozens of leaders and senior officials from Arab and Islamic countries have condemned recent Israeli measures in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, where violence has surged between Israel and the Palestinians.

Netanyahu meets Jordan's king in surprise trip amid tension

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a surprise trip to Jordan to meet with King Abdullah II.

Jordan bans TikTok after police officer killed in protests

Jordan has imposed a “temporary ban” on the social media platform TikTok, a day after a police officer was killed during clashes with protesters that broke out over high fuel prices.

Qatar opens World Cup with lavish half-hour ceremony

The World Cup began in Qatar 12 years after the tiny gulf nation secured the rights.

As Ukraine worries UN, some leaders rue what's pushed aside

In speech after speech, world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly are spotlighting Russia’s war in Ukraine.

In Mideast, Biden struggling to shift policy after Trump

Joe Biden took office looking to reshape U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.

Jordan king places 'erratic' half-brother under house arrest

Jordan king has gone public with a royal rift with his half-brother and formalized the former crown prince’s house arrest, calling him “erratic” in an unprecedented harshly worded letter.

World leaders descend on UAE to pay respects to late ruler

An array of presidents and prime ministers were descending on the United Arab Emirates from around the world to pay their respects to the federation’s late ruler and greet his successor, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Biden reaffirms Jordan's role overseeing Temple Mount

President Joe Biden is reaffirming his administration’s support for Jordan’s long-running role as the custodian of Muslim holy sites at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Israeli firm's spyware used on Jordan activists, report says

Digital-rights researchers have concluded that the mobile phones of four Jordanian human rights activists were hacked with software made by the Israeli spyware company NSO Group.

Blinken set to see Israelis, Arabs wary about Iran, Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will try to use his three-nation tour of the Middle East and North Africa to reassure wary Israelis and Arabs that the Biden administration is committed to the region’s security at a time when Washington is confronting multiple foreign policy challenges.

Jordan says crackdown on drug smugglers is bringing results

The Jordanian military says a crackdown on drug smugglers along the Syrian border is delivering results.

Treasury wants more oversight of all-cash real estate deals

The Biden administration is looking to expand reporting requirements on all-cash real estate deals to help crack down on bad actors' use of the U.S. market to launder money made through illicit activity.

Britain's Prince Charles pays royal visit to Jordan

Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, have arrived in Jordan as part of the first royal tour since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

UAE FM visit signals Arab world willing to engage with Syria

The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates has met with Syria’s once widely shunned president in Damascus, sending the strongest signal yet that the Arab world is willing to re-engage with strongman Bashar Assad.

More repression, fewer jobs: Jordanians face bleak outlook

Jordan has long presented itself as a reliable U.S. ally in a turbulent Middle East, as a monarchy embracing liberal Western values.

'Nothing secretive' about Jordan king's real estate, FM says

Jordan’s foreign minister has pushed back against a report that the country's monarch went out of his way to hide the purchase of more than a dozen luxury homes worth over $106 million.

'Pandora papers' show London is a key hub for tax avoidance

The British government is facing calls to tighten up defenses against “dirty money” after a leak of offshore data showed how London, in particular, is the venue of choice for some of the world’s richest and most powerful people to conceal their cash.

A look at world leaders named in the Pandora Papers

A global investigation has revealed how the rich and powerful have being hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and other assets for the past quarter-century.

'Pandora Papers' bring renewed calls for tax haven scrutiny

Calls are growing for an end to the financial secrecy and shell companies that have allowed many of the world’s richest and most powerful people to hide their wealth from tax collectors.

Jordanian king's properties undercut father figure image

Newly leaked documents showing that Jordan's King Abdullah II quietly amassed luxury real estate properties risk hurting the longtime monarch at home and abroad.

Leaked records open a 'Pandora' box of financial secrets

Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers have been hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and other assets for the past quarter-century.

Syria's Assad calls Jordan's king amid thaw in relations

Jordan’s King Abdullah II has received a call from Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Racism, climate and divisions top UN agenda as leaders meet

Racism, the climate crisis and the world’s worsening divisions will take center stage at the U_N_ meeting of world leaders, a day after Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a grim warning that “we are on the edge of an abyss.”.

'The world must wake up': Tasks daunting as UN meeting opens

The United Nations chief is warning global leaders at the opening of the U_N_'s foremost gathering that the world has never been more threatened and divided and “we face the greatest cascade of crises in our lifetime.”.

Seeking Mediterranean allies, Greece hosts Jordan's king

King Abdullah II of Jordan is meeting in Athens with the leaders of Greece and Cyprus as part of regular high-level contacts launched between the three Mediterranean countries in 2018.

Biden says US combat mission in Iraq to conclude by year end

President Joe Biden says the U.S. military’s combat mission in Iraq will conclude by the end of the year.

Biden calls Jordan king a loyal ally in 'tough neighborhood'

President Joe Biden praised King Abdullah II of Jordan as a stalwart ally in a “tough neighborhood” as the two leaders huddled at the White House, a meeting that came at a pivotal moment for both leaders in the Middle East.

Two Jordanians sentenced to 15 years over alleged royal plot

A Jordanian state security court has sentenced two former officials to 15 years in prison over an alleged plot against the Western-allied monarchy.

In Jordan sedition trial, U.S. defendant alleges torture

A U.S. lawyer says an American citizen and former top aide to Jordan’s King Abdullah II has alleged he was tortured in Jordanian detention and fears for his life.

Biden to host Jordanian king as royal feud engulfs US ally

President Joe Biden will host Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on July 19.

Jordan tribes, bedrock of monarchy, on edge as economy tanks

Jordan has drawn a curtain of secrecy on the unprecedented public rift within its royal family.

2 plead not guilty in trial linked to Jordan's royal rift

A former top adviser to Jordan's King Abdullah II and a relative of the monarch have pleaded not guilty to sedition and incitement charges.

Jordan's unprecedented palace drama moves to the courtroom

Jordan's version of a trial of the century is getting under way.

2 confidants of senior Jordan royal charged with sedition

The prosecutor of Jordan’s state security court has filed sedition and incitement charges against two confidants of King Abdullah II’s half-brother Hamzah.

EU to discuss US vaccine patent plan at Friday summit

European Union leaders say that in the wake of the U.S. backing patent waivers for COVID-19 vaccine technology, the 27-nation bloc immediately will start discussing whether they should join such a move.

Jordan releases alleged plotters following king's appeal

Jordan has released 16 people detained earlier this month over an alleged foreign-backed conspiracy linked to a former crown prince.

Jordanian prince makes first public appearance since arrest

Jordan’s Prince Hamzah has made his first public appearance since he was placed under house arrest last week.

US resumes funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees

The Biden administration says it has resumed U.S. assistance to the Palestinians, including to the U.N. agency that deals with Palestinian refugees.

Jordan king doubles down on sedition claims against brother

Jordan’s king has addressed the public feud with his half-brother, Prince Hamzah, portraying it as an attempted “sedition” that caused him shock, anger and pain.

Jordan issues gag order as new audio backs prince's claims

Jordan has imposed a sweeping gag order on details of its palace feud.

Lawyer says mediation resolves feud among Jordan royals

Jordan's palace and a confidant of a senior royal say mediation has successfully resolved an unprecedented public feud in the royal family.

Jordan's king sends tough message on dissent in royal family

Jordanian authorities say they have foiled a “malicious plot” by a former crown prince to destabilize the kingdom with foreign support.

Jordan prince says he's confined, lashes out at authorities

The half-brother of Jordan’s King Abdullah II says he has been placed under house arrest.

US considers withholding aid to Jordan to force extradition

She has lived freely in Jordan since Israel released her in a 2011 prisoner swap with the militant group Hamas. Jordanian authorities have rebuffed U.S. requests to turn her over, despite an extradition treaty. The United States has multiple options and different types of leverage to secure Ahlam Aref Ahmad Al-Tamimis extradition, Wooster wrote. We will continue to engage Jordanian officials at all levels not only on this issue, but also on the extradition treaty more broadly. In 2017, Jordans high court ruled she could not be extradited, reportedly saying the 1995 extradition treaty had not been ratified.

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