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Cinema

Arab filmmakers land four films on Academy Awards shortlist

Cinema

Kaouther Ben Hania receives looks on during the closing ceremony of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, September 6, 2025.

Arab filmmakers land four films on Academy Awards shortlist

Kaouther Ben Hania receives looks on during the closing ceremony of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, September 6, 2025.

China diplomacy

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks in Beijing, October 27, 2025.

China sends top diplomat to Middle East, steps up diplomacy

Muslim Brotherhood

Jordan outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood

Jordan sentences nine in Muslim Brotherhood plot against state

Jordan - Israel

The Allenby crossing is now open

Israel reopens border crossing with Jordan

Jordan - Israel

No group has claimed responsibility

Two Israelis killed in attack at Jordan border crossing

Famine in Gaza

alestinians queue to receive a food ration outside a distribution center west of Gaza City

Jordan airdrops aid to northern Gaza for first time in five months

Jordan's parliament

The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood more than doubled its contingent to around a fifth of total seats

Jordan's king opens newly elected parliament

Jordanian government

Jordan's King Abdullah

Jordan's King swears in new technocrat-led government

Jordan

Jaafar Hassan a widely respected technocrat

Jordan's King appoints Harvard-educated technocrat as PM

Jordan's elections

Islamists are expected to gain support due to anger over Israel's war in Gaza

Voters head to polls for Jordan's parliamentary elections

Allenby Bridge border

Israeli security forces gather at the scene of a reported attack near the Allenby Crossing

Jordan closes bridge with West Bank after three Israelis killed

Mideast escalation

Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi

Jordan's FM to hold talks in Iran

Elections

Jordan's King Abdullah

Jordan's king issues decree to hold parliamentary election

Mideast escalation

Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi

Jordan warns Israeli retaliation for Iran strikes risks wider regional war

Air traffic

Amman airport

Jordan to temporarily close airspace

Anti-Israel protests

Authorities say they will not tolerate any attempt by mobs who seek to exploit anger against Israel to create havoc

Jordan’s anti-riot police push back protesters near Israeli embassy

Aid to Palestinians

Jordan’s king went on board a Jordanian military plane to take part in an operation coordinated to drop tons of food parcels along the Gaza coast

Jordan's King says Gaza aid must be doubled to avert catastrophe

Israel's gas

Israel's gas production jumped 13.9% from 2022

Israel says gas exports to Egypt, Jordan rose 25% in 2023

UNRWA

Women enter a health care center run by UNRWA at Amman new camp for Palestinian refugees

Jordan to be hit hard if UNRWA funding does not resume

War on Gaza

Biden said a six-week break in hostilities would provide a foundation to build something more enduring

Biden meets Jordan's king on Gaza ceasefire

Attacks on US forces

US military outpost known in Rukban, Rwaished District, Jordan

Three US forces killed in Jordan

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