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Jordanians vote in elections, Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
September 23, 2016, 6:35 am
Jordan’s Brotherhood back in parliament after vote
Islamist faction takes 16 of 130 seats after boycotting two previous elections; 21 women also elected
By AFP
Yazan Karadsheh, right, founder of the Carakale Brewery in Fuheis, Jordan, talks to a technician while head brewer Jordan Wombeke quality tastes beer off the assembly line, September 6, 2016 (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)
September 12, 2016, 3:58 am
Reviving old traditions, Arab beer brewers make their mark
Palestinians, Jordanians and Lebanese struggle against cultural taboos to create drinks with a unique local flavor
By Karin Laub
President Shimon Peres meeting with Pope Francis I at the Vatican in Rome, Italy on April 30, 2013. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
May 24, 2014, 11:21 pm
Peres to pope: Israel will greet you with love, appreciation
After pontiff sends regards to Israel on way to Jordan to kick off regional tour, president replies in kind
By AFP, AP and TOI staff
Pope Francis (2nd-L) is greeted by Jordan's King Abdullah II (R) and his wife Queen Rania (L) at the Royal Palace in Amman on Saturday, May 24, 2014. (Andrew Medichini/AFP)
May 24, 2014, 9:30 pm
Pope appeals to international community to aid Syrians
In Amman, pontiff thanks king and queen for ‘generous welcome’ to refugees from war-torn country, urges world ‘not to leave Jordan alone in the task’
By AFP, AP and TOI staff
President Shimon Peres meeting with Pope Francis I at the Vatican in Rome, Italy on April 30, 2013. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
May 24, 2014, 5:50 pm
LISTEN: Pope to Peres: I look forward to our meeting in the Holy Land
Pontiff sends regards to people of Israel on way to Jordan to kick off regional tour; calls for peaceful solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Syria crisis
By AFP, AP and TOI staff
Pope Francis (2nd-L) is greeted by Jordan's King Abdullah II (R) and his wife Queen Rania (L) at the Royal Palace in Amman on Saturday, May 24, 2014. (Andrew Medichini/AFP)
May 24, 2014, 3:50 pm
In Amman, Pope Francis urges religious freedom in Mideast
Catholic leader kicks off regional ‘pilgrimage of prayer’ tour, calls for end to persecution of Christians and peaceful solution to Syria crisis
By AFP and AP
Pope Francis is welcomed in Amman by Jordan’s Prince Ghazi bin Mohammed (R), King Abdullah II's religious affairs adviser, on Saturday, May 24, 2014 upon his arrival. (photo credit: Osservatore Romano/AFP)
May 24, 2014, 10:52 am
Pope Francis received in Amman with flowers
Catholic leader greeted by Jordanian political and religious dignitaries as he begins Middle East ‘pilgrimage of prayer’
By AFP and AP
Clergymen in Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on December 24, 2012 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
March 15, 2013, 2:02 am
Obama visit to stress plight of Mideast Christians
Trip to Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity will ‘underscore the need to protect the rights of minorities,’ White House says
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Illustrative photo of a Muslim woman wearing a head cover at an internet cafe in central Tehran. (photo credit: Vahid Salemi/AP)
May 27, 2012, 3:25 pm
Fired for not covering her head
Christian woman sues Jordan Dubai Islamic Bank for wrongful dismissal over Muslim dress code
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