A cave in Rihab, Jordan that archaeologists have just discovered could be the oldest Christian church in the world. The cave is an underground chapel dating back to AD33-70.

First lady Laura Bush is headed for the Middle East this month, the White House announced Monday, to promote awareness on breast cancer treatment and screening.

The top United Nations refugee official has praised Syria and Jordan for accommodating Iraqi refugees, and he has urged the international community to support their efforts.

Jordan's King ordered to speed up in implementing the country's nascent nuclear power program in a bid to cut energy imports.

Iraqi Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Khalid Shraideh said Iraq has informed Jordan its readiness to provide Jordan with Iraqi oil.

Jordan has appealed for international help to deal with hundreds of thousands of Iraqis it is hosting on its soil. Mukheimar Abu-Jamous, the secretary-general of Jordan's Interior Ministry, told an international conference in Amman today that the influx of some 750,000 Iraqis into Jordan costs $1 billion a year in basic services, and heightens security concerns in the kingdom.

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved on June 12 a Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust Fund grant of US$ 6.15 million, to support the Jordanian government's efforts in ecosystem management.

Jordanian King Abdullah II is hosting more than 700 politicians and business leaders at the World Economic Forum. Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni are among those expected to attend the three-day meeting in the Dead Sea resort of Shuneh.

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney wrapped up a weeklong tour of the Middle East on Monday meeting privately with King Abdullah of Jordan, a longtime U.S. ally in the region.

The foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt and Israel have met in Cairo to discuss an Arab initiative for Middle East peace. It is the first meeting between Tel Aviv and the members of the Arab League "working group" tasked with negotiating with Israel. VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has more from Cairo.

Rather than stay hunkered down in their own separate corners, East and West must strive to appreciate their common humanity, Her Majesty Queen Rania of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan said Thursday at the John F. Kennedy Forum.

Four new modernized GE C24 MMI locomotives are now Jordan-bound to help Aqaba Railway Corporation provide reliable and efficient rail service as part of its large phosphate mining operations. Aqaba Railway Corporation operates a diesel locomotive fleet of 24 units that transport phosphate rock from the mines to the port of Aqaba.