Amnesty International is urging global support to help Jordan and other countries welcoming people fleeing the civil war in Syria end border restrictions, so that these people may find peaceful, safe homes.

Amman - Jordan is one of the driest countries in the world and climate change looks set to make it even more arid. Plans for a number of desalination plants have been around for several years now but the BBC reported yesterday they seem to be coming to fruition.

A few days ago (October 1), marking the International Day of Older People, HelpAge International released the Global Index of Aging. This index, called "AgeWatch," is the first to measure the quality of life and well-being of older people worldwide.

Sydney - The West may not like Assad, but there’s not much to like about the rebels, either. The Syrian rebels, like so many other Middle Eastern armed groups, are in full jihadi mode. Law has collapsed. Brutality is the working method of government.

Gilas Pilipinas, the Philippine national basketball team currently competing in the ongoing 27th FIBA Asia Championship series, in Manila, ran away with a 77-71 victory over the highly rated Jordan team Friday night at the Mall of Asia Arena.

The violence in the lawless Sinai region continued today when a bomb hit a gas pipeline from Egypt into Jordan cutting gas supplies to the Jordanian nation.

After a lengthy and expensive legal battle, the UK will finally deport radical cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan. He'll leave the country tonight.

Amman - Jordan's King Abdullah II has been very supportive of US deployments to Syria. The deployments have increased tensions with Syria. Many residents fear that Jordan will soon be dragged into the civil war.

Ceuta - Eight people with alleged links to Al-Qaeda have been arrested in the Spanish North African territory of Ceuta on suspicion of trying to recruit Jihadist fighters to go to Syria or "elsewhere," police are saying.

Claiming to have found evidence of chemical weapon being used in Syria civil war, the US proposes to arm the rebels in Jordan and imposing no-fly zone stretching up to 25 miles into Syria, enforced using aircraft from Jordan – costing $50 million a day

Jordan has started major military exercises in the air, on the land and in the sea, insisting they have nothing to do with the conflict raging in next door Syria.

Nearly 1,000 U.S. Marines have been deployed along Jordan’s border with Syria, according to Press TV and Israeli media outlets.

Amman - The official explanation for deployment of a Patriot missile battery plus a number of F-16 fighter jets to Jordan is that they are for a "military exercise" planned some time ago and having no relation to recent events in Syria.

Amman - At least 9 men from Jordan were sentenced by a military tribunal for planning to go into Syria and join with rebels in their fight against the Assad regime.

That’s according to a new report from the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) which has called the situation in Syria a “humanitarian catastrophe”.

Aleppo - As the conflict in Syria between government forces and armed rebels continues, Palestinian refugees in the war-torn country are increasingly becoming collateral damage.

Amman - The Pentagon is sending 200 US troops to Jordan. The troops will be used to control violence spilling over from the Syrian civil war according to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

Jordan faces massive water shortages due to limited resources, population growth, open borders for refugees, constant interruptions to water projects and an ongoing water dispute with Israel

Eilat - Three rockets landed in Israel's southern holiday resort, Eilat, this morning. No injuries have been reported. Eilat airport has been temporarily closed for incoming flights.

Amman - An unidentified burnt body of a young woman has been found in a dumpster. Her throat had been slit and her stomach cut open revealing she was pregnant The burnt fetus was 4 months old. Officials say this could possibly a family honour crime