King Hussein arrives at Brown University for son's graduation
King Hussein of Jordan waves as he arrives at Brown University to attend the graduation of his son Prince Faisal on May 27, 1985 in Providence, RI. (UPI Photo/Mark Cardwell/Files)
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The assassination of a senior Hamas leader, apparently by Israel's Mossad intelligence service, on Jan. 19 may well trigger a surge of eye-for-an-eye bloodshed -- and not just in the Middle East.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The Jordanian spy trusted by the CIA to disclose the whereabouts of al-Qaida’s No. 2 was a self-avowed Islamist “holy warrior” whose “ultimate aim in life is to die a martyr” who told a radical Islamic forum on the Internet the time had come to practice what he preached. John le Carre’s George Smiley, we never were. James Bond? Not since the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. Where $1 trillion on intelligence since Sept. 11 has gone.
AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A Jordanian academic has predicted that Israel will go to war with neighboring Lebanon and Egypt to get their water.
JERUSALEM, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told U.S. President Barack Obama he intends to resign his post, Israel's Channel 10 said Monday.
JERUSALEM, July 21 (UPI) -- Jordan has started revoking the citizenship of Palestinians to try to prevent Israel from turning the country into a Palestinian state, an official said.
AMMAN, Jordan, May 9 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI Saturday visited the King Hussein Mosque in the Jordanian capital Amman, but did not pray at the mosque, Vatican officials said.
LAKE COMO, Italy, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres said Friday that face-to-face talks with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria could bring "major change" in the Middle East.
