His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday expressed his condolences to Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz over the death of Crown Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz.

Despite recent hikes in the prices of fuel and electricity, government officials said on Sunday that citizens’ water bills would not rise.

Deputies on Sunday began their deliberations over the 2012 draft elections law, voting down a proposal to allow Jordanian expatriates to take part in parliamentary elections.

Jordan is expected to become a logistics hub for Syrian relief efforts, diplomatic and official sources say, as the months-long conflict in the Kingdom’s northern neighbour devolves into an emerging humanitarian crisis.

The Lower House speaker’s first deputy, Atef Tarawneh, had to adjourn Sunday’s session after a member of the chamber physically assaulted one of his colleagues.

HRH Prince Hassan on Sunday said last September’s constitutional amendments were the most comprehensive in the Kingdom's history.

Legal and human rights experts from around the world convened in Amman on Sunday to discuss the "universality" of efforts to combat the death penalty.

Claiming that a ban on the recruitment of Indonesians had cost domestic helper recruitment agencies millions of dollars, a representative of the agencies on Sunday urged the government to resume issuing visas to Indonesian workers unilaterally.

For journalist Farihan Al Hassan, spending hours each day on Facebook is not merely a pastime, but rather a personal and professional “must” to keep up with friends and readers and to promote her work.