Jordan
Amman stabbing: one officer dead, another wounded
A Jordanian police officer died of his wounds on Thursday after being stabbed in the capital Amman, in what the Public Security Directorate described as a “cowardly terrorist act.”
Israel's Airports Authority said the Allenby passenger terminal - the sole gateway between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan - would not be opened to traffic on Sunday, in coordination with the Jordanian side.
The Allenby border crossing between Israel and Jordan © ISA
Israel's Airports Authority said the Allenby passenger terminal - the sole gateway between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan - would not be opened to traffic on Sunday, in coordination with the Jordanian side.
On September 19 Israel shut the Allenby crossing, a day after a driver bringing humanitarian aid from Jordan for Gaza opened fire and killed two Israeli military personnel there.
Reporting by Steven Scheer
A Jordanian police officer died of his wounds on Thursday after being stabbed in the capital Amman, in what the Public Security Directorate described as a “cowardly terrorist act.”
Benjamin Netanyahu's position in the post-election battle to stay on as Israel's prime minister weakened on Thursday after an ultra-Orthodox Jewish party withheld support for any nominee and an Arab-led party endorsed his main opponent.
British pop icon Boy George made a triumphant return to Israel on Wednesday evening, performing before a sold-out crowd at Tel Aviv’s Menora Mivtachim Arena.
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