Jordan
March 13, 2013
The Jordanian government has criticised companies for failing to provide childcare facilities to their female staff.
The World Bank will extend a low interest, long-term $70 million loan to Jordan in order to facilitate the financing of microprojects and small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
March 12, 2013
The Jordanian will play Mustafa Shabaan's wife in a new social comedy drama.
After a decade of appeals, the UK government is still not willing to give up and launches another attempt at deporting the radical cleric.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday announced it has reached a staff-level agreement with Jordan to conclude the first review under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), which could make a total of $385 million available to the Kingdom in April.
March 11, 2013
Jordan's water workers are continuing industrial action over pay conditions after halting pumping from water stations in the central region of the country.
March 10, 2013
Last year's winner of Arab Idol, Egyptian Carmen Suleiman, revealed all in a recent TV interview.
Subsidies on wheat and barely cost Jordan $410 million a year, according to the country's industry and trade minister.
March 9, 2013
The group of 21 peacekeepers kidnapped by Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights are handed over to the Jordanian authorities.
The young Jordanian singer turned actress gets a spin with a sexy model in her latest music video.
March 8, 2013
The son-in-law of the late Osama Bin Laden, who was acting as spokesman for the terrorist organization now faces charges in the U.S.
March 7, 2013
No locusts have been spotted in Jordan so far, according to the country's agricultural ministry, despite swarms being spotted in Egypt and Israel.
March 6, 2013
A significant number of workers in Jordan are paid less than the minimum wage, with some earning just $141 a month, a government department reported on Tuesday,
Fuel prices could drop in Jordan, according to a deputy in the country's parliament, following pressure from MPs.
Jordan’s economic growth and budget deficit are expected to go back on track by 2015 if the government sticks to its fiscal reform programme, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Nemat Shafik.