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Jordanians protesters scuffle with police

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 king freezes price hikes as protests rage

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...

Total says chances of Iran sanctions waiver 'very slim'

French oil major Total said Friday the probability of winning an exemption from US sanctions against Iran to continue a major gas field project was very faint. The energy giant had already warned that, unless Washington granted it a waiver, it would pull out of the South Pars 11 project...

'Trump's actions don't reflect America we know'

Some of the things the U.S. President Donald Trump has said and done “don’t reflect the America we know,” London Mayor Sadiq Khan said. Re-tweeting anti-Muslim tweets from a far-right group, Britain First, was a "wrong thing to do" for U.S. President Donald Trump and “he should...