Two American journalists who went missing during a vacation in Lebanon were quoted Friday as saying they were “kidnapped” by their taxi driver and taken into Syria, where they were held in custody for a week before being released.

A New York-based human rights group accused Jordan’s security services Wednesday of carrying out widespread torture in the country’s jails.

Iraq’s envoy to Jordan says Baghdad will send planes and buses to bring home 520 Iraqis who fled to Jordan after the US-led invasion in 2003.

Young Americans studying Arabic like to joke that Jordan is “Middle East Lite” _ a safe way into a tumultuous region without Lebanon’s violence, Syria’s tense relationship with the U.S. or the Gulf’s conservative culture.

In an about-face, Jordan is reaching out to the Hamas militant group amid fears that a collapse of Mideast peacemaking would bring an influx of refugees. But the U.S. ally must walk a delicate line to avoid angering its American and Israeli friends.

Jordan’s Queen Rania said Monday that her 5-month YouTube project aimed at challenging stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims hasn’t made intolerance “melt away” but it has sparked some change in attitudes.

A Jordanian military court has sentenced 12 men to up to five years in jail for planning to join Iraq’s insurgency and carry out attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces.

A Jordanian security official says a Palestinian gunman who shot himself after wounding six people in Jordan’s capital last week has died of his injuries.The official says 19-year-old man died at a hospital on Tuesday, a day after undergoing surgery. He...

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stepped into the thicket of Mideast politics Wednesday, declaring that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are strong enough internally to make the bold concessions necessary for peace.Obama said he...

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stepped into the thicket of Mideast politics Wednesday, declaring that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are strong enough internally to make the bold concessions necessary for peace.Obama said he...