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Jordan King Says Palace Crisis "Is Over" "I assure you, that the sedition has been nipped in the bud," Abdullah said in address read out in his name on state television. Updated: April 07, 2021 10:09 pm IST "The challenge of these last days was not the most dangerous for stability of country," King said (File) Amman, Jordan: Jordan's King Abdullah broke his silence Wednesday to tell his nation that the worst political crisis in decades sparked by an alleged plot involving his half-brother Prince Hamzah was over. The government had accused Hamzah -- a former crown prince who was sidelined...

Romanian FM visits UNRWA in Jordan, announces new contribution to agency By JT - Apr 06,2021 - Last updated at Apr 07,2021 Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu poses for a group photo during a visit to UNRWA in Jordan on Sunday (Photo courtesy of UNRWA) AMMAN — A high-level Romanian delegation led by Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu visited the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Jordan on  Sunday and met with Leni Stenseth, deputy commissioner-general of UNRWA, and  Marta Lorenzo, director of UNRWA affairs in Jordan.  The...

The Middle East Cannot Afford for Jordan to Become a Second Libya | Opinion Ibrahim Shukralla On 4/7/21 at 6:00 AM EDT The alleged coup attempt to overthrow King Abdullah II of Jordan should sound alarm bells for the United States and other Western governments. Do they want a strong ally that borders their other indispensable Middle East partner, Israel, to become a second Libya? The tiny Arab nation, smaller in size than Virginia, announced on Sunday that it had arrested 16 to 20 people in connection with the "plot," including Bassem Awadallah, a former fin...

Non-Jordanian Ownership In Companies Listed On The Amman Stock Exchange Reached 50.6% Date 07/04/2021 Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) revealed that the value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors at the ASE in March 2021 was JD20.0 million, representing 10.9% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD23.1 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments in March 2021 showed a negative value of JD3.1 million, whereas the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a negative value of JD4.7 million during the same month of 2020. The value o...

Jordan bars local media from reporting on palace intrigue By AFP Share Amman, Jordan - Jordan's Prince Hamza, accused of plotting against the kingdom's "security and stability", disappeared from the local press Wednesday following a prosecutor's order banning coverage of the kingdom's worst crisis in decades. Gone are reports of a "wicked plot" aimed at overthrowing King Abdullah II, and in the streets, Jordanians voiced relief. "When the crisis erupted on Saturday, there was no one in the streets. People were afraid," said Shady, 41, who owns a clothing store in the capital Amman. "But thank...