The Latest Breaking News from Amman

Jordan and Russia have agreed to step up coordination in tackling instability in southern Syria, which Amman blames on Iran-linked militias and multi-billion dollar drug smuggling across its border, Jordan's foreign minister said on Thursday.

Ten years after fleeing war in her native Syria, Hadeel is expecting a third child, brought into a life of poverty and uncertainty at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. The camp, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the capital Amman, is home to some 80,000 Syrian refugees, according to…

The Iran-backed Houthi militias have foiled prisoner exchange talks held recently in the Jordanian capital, Amman. Negotiations for a swap deal have lasted an entire week without any progress. “The government delegation was ready to exchange all for all to avoid selectivity,” Yemen's Deputy Human Rights Minister Majid Fadhail told…

Jordanian officials say the death toll from the collapse this week of a four-story building in the Jordanian capital of Amman has climbed to 13

Authorities now say 10 people have died since Tuesday’s collapse of a residential building in Amman.

Jordanian rescue teams pulled another body from the rubble of a collapsed building in the capital on Thursday, bringing the death toll from the incident to 10. It remained unclear what caused the collapse of the four-story residential building in Amman on Tuesday. Ten people were wounded. Rescue teams have…

Jordanian teams rescued one person alive and are working to save others from the rubble of a collapsed building in the capital of Amman

Rescuers were searching on Wednesday for ten people under the rubble of a collapsed building in the Jordanian capital where five people were confirmed dead so far, officials said. At least 25 people were in a dilapidated residential building in Amman when it crumbled on Tuesday. "There are at least…

A four-story residential building collapsed in the Jordanian capital on Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding seven others, officials said. It was not immediately clear what brought down the building in Amman, which state media said was an older structure. The Public Security Directorate confirmed the toll and…