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Jerusalem/Amman, Jan 15 – A roadside bomb exploded Thursday afternoon near a convoy of Israeli diplomats travelling in Jordan, but caused no injuries, Jordanian officials said.

Amman, Nov 27 – The Jordanian government Thursday rejected Israel’s latest offer to temporarily freeze settlement activity in the West Bank excluding East Jerusalem, which Israel seized from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war.

Amman  – Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Tuesday condemned as “a flagrant challenge” to the world community an Israeli plan to build 900 new settlement units in East Jerusalem, which the Jewish state captured from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war.

Amman  – Jordanian Prime Minister Nader Dahabi conferred Thursday with his Iraqi counterpart Nuri al-Maliki about general elections in his neighbouring country on Jaqnuary 30, according to an official statement.

New York  – A United Nations surveillance plane crashed in Haiti on Friday, killing all 11 people on board, the UN said.

Amman  – Fourteen Arab countries have announced that they will celebrate the Muslim Eid al-Fitr feast on Sunday.

Amman  – Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Monday rejected any Israeli “unilateral measure” in East Jerusalem and vowed to pursue steps to preserve the Arab identity of the city, which Israel captured from the Hashemite Kingdom in the 1967 Middle East war.

Amman  – Jordanian Prime Minister Nader Dahabi made a whirlwind visit Thursday to Baghdad, signing a free-trade agreement that Jordan hoped would serve as a catalyst for boosting trade with neighbouring Iraq, the official Petra news agency reported.

Amman – The Jordan Engineers Association on Monday called on its 70,000 members to refrain from joining packaged tours to the Palestinian territories and Israel, according to a JEA statement.

Amman  – Jordanian authorities have arrested 12 foreigners for committing automated teller machines (ATMs) fraud and warned that the suspects could be part of a regional gang, the Jordan Times reported Friday.