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Author Lost Book Deal Over A Tweet. She's Suing Publisher For $13 Million
Natasha Tynes, an award-winning Jordanian American author who lost a book deal following claims of online racism, is suing her publishing house for $13 million.
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Trump Tells Jordan He Will Move Embassy To Jerusalem: Palace
US President Donald Trump told Jordan's King Abdullah II on Tuesday that he plans to move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the Jordanian royal palace said.
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FBI Investigates 'Intentional' Crash, Plane Exploded In Fireball
The FBI is investigating an "intentional" crash of a small plane in Connecticut that killed a Jordanian student and injured an American flight instructor, officials and US media said Wednesday.
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CIA Weapons For Syrian Rebels Sold To Arms Black Market: Report
Weapons shipped into Jordan for Syrian rebels by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia were stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms merchants on the black market, the New York Times reported, citing American and Jordanian officials.
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No More American F-16s For Pakistan, Will Fly Jordanian Jets Instead
Pakistan has closed the chapter of acquiring eight F-16s from the US and will now opt for Jordan-owned F-16 fighter jets, foreign secretary Aizaz Chaudhry said today amid strains in bilateral ties over the scuttling of the deal and a US drone strike on its soil.
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2 Americans Shot Dead at Jordan Security Training Facility: Source
A Jordanian police officer shot and killed two Americans today at a US-funded facility for training Iraqi and Palestinian security forces, before committing suicide, a security source said.
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Islamic State Hostage Death Confirmed by Family and White House
The parents of Kayla Mueller, the American aid worker abducted in 2013 by the Islamic State, issued a statement on Tuesday confirming her death, four days after the militant group claimed she had been killed in a Jordanian airstrike.
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Islamic State 'Sentenced' US Hostage to Death Last Year: Activist
The young American hostage who Islamic State says was killed in a Jordanian air strike was condemned to death by the militant group last year, according to an American Muslim activist.
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Family of US Hostage of Islamic State Says Hopeful She is Still Alive
The parents of an American humanitarian worker held hostage by the Islamic State group since August 2013 said on Friday they are still hopeful she is alive, after the group said she was killed in a bombing by Jordanian fighter jets.
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No Evidence 'At This Time' to Confirm Islamic State Hostage Claim: US
The United States on Friday said that it has not yet seen any proof to confirm a claim by the Islamic State group that a female American hostage has been killed in an air strike in Syria by a Jordanian plane.
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Jordan Acquits Radical Cleric of Terrorism Charges
A Jordanian military court on Wednesday acquitted radical Muslim preacher Abu Qatada on terrorism charges for his role in plotting attacks against Americans and Israelis.
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Afghanistan suicide bomber was double agent
The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers and a Jordanian spy last week was a double agent who was taken onto the base in Afghanistan because the Americans hoped he might be able to deliver top members of the Qaida network.
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Author Lost Book Deal Over A Tweet. She's Suing Publisher For $13 Million
Natasha Tynes, an award-winning Jordanian American author who lost a book deal following claims of online racism, is suing her publishing house for $13 million.
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Trump Tells Jordan He Will Move Embassy To Jerusalem: Palace
US President Donald Trump told Jordan's King Abdullah II on Tuesday that he plans to move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the Jordanian royal palace said.
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FBI Investigates 'Intentional' Crash, Plane Exploded In Fireball
The FBI is investigating an "intentional" crash of a small plane in Connecticut that killed a Jordanian student and injured an American flight instructor, officials and US media said Wednesday.
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CIA Weapons For Syrian Rebels Sold To Arms Black Market: Report
Weapons shipped into Jordan for Syrian rebels by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia were stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms merchants on the black market, the New York Times reported, citing American and Jordanian officials.
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No More American F-16s For Pakistan, Will Fly Jordanian Jets Instead
Pakistan has closed the chapter of acquiring eight F-16s from the US and will now opt for Jordan-owned F-16 fighter jets, foreign secretary Aizaz Chaudhry said today amid strains in bilateral ties over the scuttling of the deal and a US drone strike on its soil.
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2 Americans Shot Dead at Jordan Security Training Facility: Source
A Jordanian police officer shot and killed two Americans today at a US-funded facility for training Iraqi and Palestinian security forces, before committing suicide, a security source said.
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Islamic State Hostage Death Confirmed by Family and White House
The parents of Kayla Mueller, the American aid worker abducted in 2013 by the Islamic State, issued a statement on Tuesday confirming her death, four days after the militant group claimed she had been killed in a Jordanian airstrike.
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Islamic State 'Sentenced' US Hostage to Death Last Year: Activist
The young American hostage who Islamic State says was killed in a Jordanian air strike was condemned to death by the militant group last year, according to an American Muslim activist.
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Family of US Hostage of Islamic State Says Hopeful She is Still Alive
The parents of an American humanitarian worker held hostage by the Islamic State group since August 2013 said on Friday they are still hopeful she is alive, after the group said she was killed in a bombing by Jordanian fighter jets.
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No Evidence 'At This Time' to Confirm Islamic State Hostage Claim: US
The United States on Friday said that it has not yet seen any proof to confirm a claim by the Islamic State group that a female American hostage has been killed in an air strike in Syria by a Jordanian plane.
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Jordan Acquits Radical Cleric of Terrorism Charges
A Jordanian military court on Wednesday acquitted radical Muslim preacher Abu Qatada on terrorism charges for his role in plotting attacks against Americans and Israelis.
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Afghanistan suicide bomber was double agent
The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers and a Jordanian spy last week was a double agent who was taken onto the base in Afghanistan because the Americans hoped he might be able to deliver top members of the Qaida network.
