Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Mulki refused to scrap an IMF-backed tax reform bill on Saturday that has sparked protests over price hikes, saying it was up to parliament to decide its fate. Several thousand protesters staged vigils outside the cabinet office for two consecutive nights...

The Israeli military said on Saturday it was investigating the apparent killing by its troops of a Palestinian nurse on Friday during protests along the Gaza border. Health officials and witnesses said Israeli forces shot dead 21-year-old Razan al-Najar, a volunteer medic, as she ran...

Hundreds of Jordanians have protested against government-ordered price and tax increases, scuffling with police outside the prime minister's office. Demonstrators chanted "the people want to topple the government" late Friday as helmeted police pushed them away from the building. It was...

Jordan’s King Abdullah II ordered the government Friday to freeze new price hikes on fuel and electricity, officials said, after protests across the cash-strapped country. Past price hikes have triggered riots in Jordan, a country of 8 million with few resources, burdened by poverty and...