Category: Jordan

Jordan and Biden DOJ Spar Over Subpoenas

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has fired back at the Department of Justice (DOJ) after it challenged his subpoenas of FBI Director Chris Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland—the latest in an ongoing conflict between House Republicans and the Biden administration over allegations of politicization of federal law enforcement. “DOJ’s response is wholly…


Jordan Bans TikTok After Police Officer Killed in Protests

AMMAN, Jordan—Jordan on Friday announced it was imposing 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. Truck drivers launched a strike last week to protest high fuel prices in the Arab kingdom. The strike and…


Jordan Calls Off Rescue Efforts in Deadly Building Collapse

AMMAN, Jordan—Jordanian officials Saturday said they halted rescue efforts at the ruins of a collapsed four-story building after pulling out the 14th and what is believed to be final victim of the disaster. It wasn’t clear what caused the collapse Tuesday of the building in Amman, Jordan’s capital. Authorities have arrested the building’s owner and…


Jordan Responders Rescue Infant From Collapsed Building

AMMAN, Jordan—Jordanian teams on Wednesday rescued an infant and were working to save others from the rubble of a collapsed building, as officials said they had arrested three people in connection to the disaster. State media said at least nine people were killed and others remained missing Wednesday, a day after the four-story building collapsed…


Residential Building Collapses in Jordan, 1 Dead

A four-story residential building collapsed in the Jordanian capital on Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding 11 others, officials said. It was not immediately clear what brought down the building in Amman, which state media said was an older structure. The Health Ministry confirmed the toll, and authorities said rescuers were still searching…


Four-Story Building Collapses in Jordan’s Capital, People Rescued From Debris

Jordan’s civil defense began on Tuesday evacuating several people trapped after a four-story residential building in the capital collapsed, witnesses said. Prime Minister Bisher al Khasawneh and senior members of the government were seen at the site as a major rescue operation was under way to evacuate people caught under the debris, they said. …


Chlorine Gas Leak Kills 12, Injures 251 at Jordan Port

At least 12 people died and 251 were injured in a chlorine gas leak from a storage tank at Jordan’s Aqaba port, officials and state media reported on Monday. The leak came after a tank filled with 25 tonnes of chlorine gas being exported to Djibouti fell while being transported, officials said. A video posted…


Jordan Palace Says King to Receive Spine Surgery in Germany

AMMAN, Jordan—Jordan’s monarch is traveling to Germany Sunday for a spine surgery, Jordan’s palace announced Saturday. King Abdullah II, 60, will undergo a surgery to treat “a herniated disk in the thoracic spine” at a hospital in Frankfurt next week, and will return home after a recovery period of one week. The statement from the…


Jordan’s Prince Hamza Renounces Royal Title Over Differences With King

AMMAN—Prince Hamza bin al-Hussein, a former heir to Jordan’s throne who was placed under house arrest last year, announced on Sunday he was giving up his royal title in protest over Jordan’s current policies. Hamza was accused last April of trying to destabilise the monarchy in a foreign-inspired plot, but was spared punishment after pledging allegiance to…


Archaeologists Find 9,000-Year-Old Shrine in Jordan Desert

AMMAN, Jordan—A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists said Tuesday that it had found a roughly 9,000-year-old shrine at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert. The ritual complex was found in a Neolithic campsite near large structures known as “desert kites,” or mass traps that are believed to have been used to corral…