Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Foreign Office hints at imminent evacuation of Ex-Senator Mushtaq

Foreign Office

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its Embassy in Amman, is working tirelessly to secure the safe evacuation of former Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan who was illegally detained by the Israeli occupying forces. In response to media inquiries concerning Pakistani nationals aboard the Sumud flotilla, the Foreign Office Spokesperson, in a statement, said “With … Read more

Arab nations welcome U.S. President’s Gaza peace initiative

Arab Nations Welcome U.S. President's Gaza peace initiative

Several key Muslim nations have expressed support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent efforts to broker a ceasefire and peace plan in Gaza.

In a joint statement, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of Turkiye, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the State of Qatar the Arab Republic of Egypt welcomed the initiative and announced their readiness to assist both parties in finalizing and implementing the proposed agreement.

The statement emphasized the importance of working together to end the violence and ensure lasting peace in the region.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority also welcomed the efforts, as did French President Emmanuel Macron, who described President Trump’s ceasefire push as a significant step toward promoting peace and stability in the region. “There must be an immediate end to the war and the release of all hostages,” Macron said, calling the initiative “a vital step toward regional peace.”

President Macron also urged Hamas to release all hostages, stating they have no other option. He called on Hamas to accept the plan in order to pave the way for long-term peace and reconciliation. “France stands committed to supporting sustainable peace, regional stability, and the protection of human lives,” the French President added.

The Palestinian Authority reiterated its willingness to work with the United States toward a two-state solution as the basis for lasting peace.

Israel Apologizes to Qatar Over Doha Strike:

In a related development, Israel has issued an apology to Qatar over a recent strike in Doha. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed regret over the casualties and assured the Qatari leadership that such an incident would not be repeated.

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Qatar’s Emir visits Jordan to forge military cooperation after Israel’s attack on Doha

Qatar’s Emir visits Jordan to forge military cooperation after Israel’s attack on Doha

Amman (Jordan): Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Amman on Wednesday for high-level talks with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, marking a significant diplomatic move following Israel’s deadly airstrike on the Qatari capital earlier this month. The visit comes just days after Doha hosted an emergency Arab and Islamic summit, during which … Read more

Arab League convenes emergency meeting today on Gaza crisis

Arab League convenes emergency meeting today on Gaza crisis

Cairo: The Arab League held an emergency meeting today to address the escalating crisis in Gaza, following Israel’s decision to reoccupy the territory. The meeting was convened at the request of the Palestinian delegation, amid growing regional and international concern over the situation. According to the Palestinian envoy, the talks are focused on forming a … Read more

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers: Pakistan confirm 24-man squad against Jordan

FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers: Pakistan confirm 24-man squad against Jordan

Pakistan confirm 24-man squad for FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers. The matches will be played on March 21 and 26. Otis Khan is expected to miss the match due to injury. The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) unveiled on Sunday the 24-member team that will compete against Jordan in the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers … Read more

King Abdullah of Jordan personally engages in Gaza aid airdrop operations

King Abdullah of Jordan personally engages in Gaza aid airdrop operations

The airdrop took place on February 6. The kingdom has conducted 11 airdrops, with two involving French and Dutch air forces. The king has a scheduled meeting with US President Joe Biden in Washington on February 12. State-owned Al Mamlaka broadcaster reported on Sunday that King Abdullah of Jordan participated in an airdrop of humanitarian … Read more

AFC Asian Cup final: Afif hat-trick seals second consecutive title for Qatar

AFC Asian Cup final: Afif hat-trick seals second consecutive title for Qatar

Qatar won the AFC Asian Cup 2023. Qatar defeated Jordan 3-1. Afif finishes the tournament as the top scorer with 8 goals. In the 2023 AFC Asian Cup final, Qatar triumphed over Jordan with a score of 3-1 at Lusail Stadium on Saturday. The star of the match was Akram Afif, who scored the tournament’s … Read more

The US government reveal the names of killed soldiers in Jordan attack

The US government reveal the names of killed soldiers in Jordan attack

Iran denies supporting militant groups accused of the attack. The attack occurred near the Syrian border in Rukban, northeastern Jordan, near Tower 22. US President Joe Biden pledged accountability and action in response to the attack. On Sunday, the US government unveiled the identities of three troops who succumbed to an enemy drone attack in … Read more

CJCSC Gen Sahir Mirza Meets Jordan’s King to Discuss Bilateral Cooperation

CJCSC Gen Sahir Mirza Jordan King

General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, NI (M), Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), who is on an official visit to Jordan, called on His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussain. During the meeting, both dignitaries discussed various areas of interest including, bilateral politico-diplomatic and military cooperation and prevailing regional security situation. Jordanian King Abdullah … Read more

Stephen Constantine to continue as Pakistan head coach

Stephen Constantine to continue as Pakistan head coach

Stephen Constantine will continue to be the Pakistan football team’s head coach. Constantine led Pakistan to their first-ever World Cup qualifying round win. The next camp for the national team is scheduled to open in February 2024. It is expected that Stephen Constantine will stay on as head coach of the Pakistani men’s national football … Read more

Israel-Hamas War: UAE Slams Israeli Strike on Gaza Hospital in Jordan

Israel-Hamas War: UAE Slams Israeli Strike on Gaza Hospital in Jordan

UAE strongly condemns Israeli airstrikes near Jordanian hospital in Gaza. Urgent plea for ceasefire and protection of civilian lives. Emphasis on delivering humanitarian aid to Palestinians. The UAE has vehemently condemned the Israeli airstrikes near the Jordanian field hospital and the inhumane attacks on Gaza’s hospitals. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) underscored its strong … Read more

Israel-Hamas War: Mahmoud Abbas calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Israel-Hamas War: Mahmoud Abbas calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Abbas urged a Gaza ceasefire and humanitarian aid to Blinken. He condemned Israel’s actions as “genocide” and law violations. This stance aligns with Arab states’ demands. According to Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesperson for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, during their meeting, President Abbas emphasized to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken the urgent need for … Read more

President for enhancing trade and cultural cooperation with Jordan

President
  • President emphasized need for regular high-level exchanges.
  • He appreciated commonality of views between Pakistan and Jordan.
  • He expressed satisfaction over current relations between two countries.

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has asked Pakistan’s Ambassador-designate to Jordan to work for further enhancing bilateral cooperation with the brotherly country in the areas of trade, economy, culture, and people-to-people contacts.

He said that Pakistan cherished its close, friendly and fraternal relations with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan which were rooted in shared religion, culture and history.

Congratulating the Pakistan’s Ambassador-designate to Jordan, Major General (r) Muhammad Ajmal Iqbal, the President said that Pakistan highly valued its ties with Jordan and wanted to further improve bilateral trade, economic, political and cultural relations for the mutual interest of the two countries. He expressed satisfaction over the current relations between the two countries, which were marked by warmth and commonality of views on both sides.

The President emphasized the need for regular high-level exchanges, including the exchange of Parliamentary delegations, holding of Bilateral Political Consultations and Joint Ministerial Commissions to improve socio-political and economic ties.

He appreciated the commonality of views between Pakistan and Jordan on various issues concerning the Islamic world, especially Palestine and Islamophobia, and urged the need to work closely with other Muslim countries on such issues.

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Folks start crying after son’s moving speech at his mom’s wedding

son's speech mom's wedding

Folks start crying after son’s moving speech at his mom’s wedding. The video was posted on Instagram a few hours ago. He goes on to share his deep sense of gratitude as Vinny. A heartwarming video featuring a son delivering The video was posted on Instagram a few hours agoan emotional speech at his mother’s … Read more

Kanye West scandal fuels Yeezy demand

Kanye West

Kanye West’s anti-Semitic outburst caused Adidas to break up their relationship. The Yeezy demand is apparently increased by the scandal. The footwear line is presently one of the most popular on Impossible Kicks. Kanye West’s anti-Semitic outburst caused Adidas to break up their relationship. The Yeezy demand is apparently increased by the scandal. The footwear … Read more

Two Israelis killed in the occupied West Bank

Israelis
  • A Palestinian shooter killed two Israelis in their car.
  • The latest deaths occurred during negotiations in Jordan.
  • The attackers made no quick claim of responsibility.

West Bank: In the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian shooter killed two Israelis in their car, inciting rioting in which a Palestinian man was shot dead and Israeli settlers set fire to homes in Palestinian towns.

The latest deaths occurred during negotiations in Jordan to confront the escalating violence in the occupied area, and just days after Israeli soldiers carried out their deadliest operation on the occupied West Bank in over 20 years, killing 11 Palestinians in the city of Nablus.

The attack on the two settlers, brothers in their twenties from a settlement approximately 8 kilometers (5 miles) away, took place on the major road in Hawara, just south of Nablus, on Sunday.

“Two Israeli civilians were killed in a Palestinian terror incident,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stated in a joint statement on Sunday.

The attackers made no quick claim of responsibility.

Israeli media reported skirmishes between Palestinians and Israeli settlers near Hawara late on Sunday. According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, the Israelis “set fire to several Palestinian-owned houses” in villages around Nablus.

The attack on the two settlers, brothers in their twenties from a settlement approximately 8 kilometers (5 miles) away, took place on the major road in Hawara, just south of Nablus, on Sunday.

“Two Israeli civilians were killed in a Palestinian terror attack,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stated in a joint statement on Sunday. The attackers made no quick claim of responsibility.

Israeli media reported skirmishes between Palestinians and Israeli settlers near Hawara late on Sunday. According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, the Israelis “set fire to several Palestinian-owned houses” in villages around Nablus.

According to the Palestinian health ministry, a settler shot and killed a 37-year-old Palestinian in Zaatara village near Nablus.

The Israeli army did not immediately respond, but it did say it had evacuated scores of Palestinians from their homes in Hawara due to fire danger.

According to Ghassan Daghlas, the person in charge of anti-settlement operations, several Palestinian homes and 15 automobiles were set on fire.

“forceful condemnation” was delivered by Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

“Taking the law into one’s own hands, rioting, and committing violence against innocents  – this is not our way,” Herzog added.

According to the Palestinian Red Cross, 98 persons were treated, the majority of them were injured by tear gas, while Israeli emergency services recorded three Israelis injured after being hit by stones.

In a video published by his office, Netanyahu urged calm.

“I ask — even when the blood is boiling — not to take the law into one’s hands,” Netanyahu said, calling for the security forces to “be allowed to carry out their work”.

The Palestinian Authority’s office accused Israel of “protecting terrorist acts perpetrated by settlers” in the occupied West Bank.

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Jordan will host Palestinian-Israeli talks as the conflict escalates

Jordan
  • Jordan to hold a “political-security” meeting between Israel and Palestine.
  • The political-security meeting is part of stepped-up ongoing efforts by Jordan.
  • The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed the lives of 62 Palestinian adults and children since the beginning of this year.

Jordan will on Sunday host a “political-security” meeting between Israel and the Palestinians to attempt and restore peace to the occupied Palestinian territories amid fatal violence, a Jordanian government official said.

Representatives from the United States and Egypt will also attend the meeting in the Red Sea resort of Aqaba.

It aims at “building trust” between Israel and the Palestinians.

The talks will take place after 11 Palestinians were killed and over 80 were injured in a fire battle on Wednesday when Israeli troops raided the West Bank city of Nablus, which Israel has occupied since the 1967 Six-Day War.

The death toll was the greatest since the end of the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, in 2005, the year the UN began counting casualties.

Intensifying unrest this year has raised international concern, following the worst violence in the West Bank since UN records began in 2022.

“The political-security meeting is part of stepped-up ongoing efforts by Jordan in coordination with the Palestinian Authority and other parties to end unilateral measures (by Israel) and a security breakdown that could fuel more violence,” the Jordanian government official said.

The negotiations aim to achieve “security and economic measures to alleviate the hardships of the Palestinian people,” according to the official.

Jordan, like Egypt, is bound by an agreement with Israel.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed the lives of 62 Palestinian adults and children since the beginning of this year.

According to calculations based on official sources from both sides, nine Israeli civilians, including three children, a police officer, and one Ukrainian civilian, were murdered during the same period.

Wednesday’s raid was the latest in a series of deadly Israeli military operations in the West Bank. Israel is led by a new coalition government that is widely regarded as the most right-wing in the country’s history.

The negotiations aim to achieve “security and economic measures to alleviate the hardships of the Palestinian people,” according to the official.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, who assumed office in January,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was re-elected in December, visited Amman in January for a rare meeting with King Abdullah II.

Jordan’s support for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians to end the decades-long conflict was also underlined by Abdullah.

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Biden emphasizes his support for Al- Aqsa legal “status quo”

Jerusalem

Al-Aqsa Mosque compound is revered by both Muslims and Jews in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem. Growing numbers of Jews, mostly Israeli nationalists, have been secretly praying there. Jordan claimed last month that its envoy had been denied access to the location. US President Joe Biden emphasized his support for the legal “status quo” of the Al-Aqsa … Read more

Jordan: 2 missing brothers found dead with bullet wounds

Texas
  • Both the brothers disappeared in the Basria neighborhood.
  • They both left their home on Friday with their flock of sheep.
  • Both the victims were found dead by a group of security personnel.

Jordan: Two missing brothers were discovered dead one day after their enigmatic disappearance in the Basira neighborhood of the Tafilah Governorate, 183 kilometers southwest of Amman, the capital of Jordan.

Omar Suleiman Al Mazaydeh, 34, and his brother Ayman, 24, are shepherds who, according to local media accounts, left their home on Friday with their flock of sheep and never returned.

The sheep returned to their barn by themselves, which is what prompted the family to contact the police the same day the sheep vanished.

The remains of the siblings, who had been shot in the head, were discovered by a group of security personnel. To ascertain the cause of the deaths, the forensic department was consulted on the bodies.

According to the victim’s brother, his brothers passed away.

The victim’s brother told the media that his brothers’ deaths were caused by head wounds from gunshots. According to the Public Security Directorate’s spokeswoman, their death was under investigation for a crime.

A team of experts has been formed to investigate the case.

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Al-Aqsa mosque: Jordan’s King Abdullah meets Netanyahu

Al-Aqsa
  • This is Netanyahu’s first trip to Jordan and his first meeting with King Abdullah since June 2018.
  • Jordan’s ambassador also paid a visit to the mosque.
  • King Abdullah stressed the importance of maintaining calm and ceasing all acts of violence.

Al-Aqsa: Jordan’s King Abdullah met Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Amman on Tuesday, according to a statement from Jordan’s Royal Hashemite Court, amid rising diplomatic tensions over the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem.

An Israeli delegation as well as several Jordanian officials, including Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, attended the meeting on Tuesday. After its envoy Ghassan Majali was barred from entering the mosque on January 17, Amman summoned the Israeli ambassador.

Jordan’s ambassador paid a visit to the mosque after the extreme right-wing Israeli Minister for National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, stormed the compound, which is Islam’s third holiest site, drawing condemnation from the Muslim world. It was dubbed “an unprecedented provocation” by Palestinians.

The Jordan-based Jerusalem Waqf is the sole authority in charge of overseeing Jerusalem’s holy sites, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

King Abdullah “emphasized the importance of respecting the historical and legal status quo in Al Aqsa Mosque/Al Haram Al Sharif,” according to the statement.

The compound’s status quo has been threatened by right-wing Jewish groups’ repeated (and often successful) attempts to enter the esplanade.

Jews are not permitted to pray at the site; however, some far-right Israelis have been calling for a change in the religious status quo and want to be allowed to pray at the Al-Aqsa compound.

The site also contains the iconic golden Dome of the Rock, which Muslims refer to as the Noble Sanctuary (al-Haram al-Sharif) and Jews refer to as the Temple Mount.

“King Abdullah stressed the importance of maintaining calm and ceasing all acts of violence in order to pave the way for a political horizon for the peace process, calling for an end to any measures that could undermine peace prospects,” the statement continued.

The king reaffirmed Jordan’s support for a two-state solution that guarantees the establishment of an independent Palestinian state along the June 4, 1967 border lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living in peace and security alongside Israel.

In the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel captured East Jerusalem and later annexed it, a move that was widely condemned by the international community.

“Discussions also covered bilateral ties and the importance of the Palestinian people benefiting from economic and regional projects,” according to the statement.

 

This is Netanyahu’s first trip to Jordan and his first meeting with King Abdullah since June 2018.

This is also Netanyahu’s first foreign trip since their re-election as Prime Minister in December.

“The two leaders discussed regional issues, particularly strategic, security, and economic cooperation between Israel and Jordan, which contributes to regional stability,” according to a statement from Netanyahu’s office.

 

Today, I had a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah. We discussed regional issues, emphasizing Israel and Jordan’s strategic, security, and economic cooperation, which contributes to regional stability.

“They also praised Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom’s long-standing friendship and partnership,” the statement added.

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Jordan detects a seizable amount of amphetamine haul at Iraq border

Jordan

Two refrigerated vans were found to contain a total of six million Captagon pills. Jordanian authorities seized one ton of amphetamine pills concealed in date paste. Shoot-to-kill is the military’s stance. At the Iraqi border, Jordanian authorities seized one tonne of amphetamine pills concealed in date paste. Two refrigerated vans were found to contain a … Read more

Jojo says she and her husband Jordan planning to “Build a Family Together”

Jojo

JoJo Fletcher is being transparent about her future plans with her husband Jordan Rodgers. The Bachelorette alum, 32, stated that she and the sports commentator. Fletcher revealed to the source that having children is a priority after their wedding day in May. JoJo Fletcher is being transparent about her future plans with her husband Jordan … Read more