By Mohamad Abu Arqoub A new radio station in the Jordan Valley run entirely by women is all set to launch. But the Jordanian government has been refusing to grant Zahrat Al-Aghwar (Valley Flower) its radio license for two years now. Mohammad...

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...

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...

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...

The Iraqi government says Jordan’s King Abdullah has come to Baghdad for talks with Iraqi leaders. He is the first Arab head of state to visit the country since the 2003 U.S.-led...

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...

The New England Patriots have signed veteran running back LaMont Jordan a day after he was released by the Oakland Raiders.

Chiseled out of the rose-colored sandstone cliffs of southwestern Jordan, the ancient city of Petra protects long-held secrets as it once protected its inhabitants. Built as the capital of the Nabataean kingdom some 2,000 years ago, Petra prospered...

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...

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...