Amman- Jordanian Foreign Minister Salah Bashir conferred Thursday with the UN Middle East envoy Robert Serry and urged the world community to put pressure on Israel to end the blockade of the Gaza Strip, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.

Amman - Jordan and the European Union on Wednesday launched a joint scheme for combating terrorism and organized crime, a statement by the European Commission said.

The "European Union-Jordan Twinning Project to Fight Against Terrorism and Organized Crime" was launched at an official ceremony by the Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Suhair al-Ali.

Also attending were the Director General of the Public Security Directorate (PSD) General Mazen Qadi , head of the European Commission Delegation in Jordan Patrick Renauld, and EU ambassadors.

Amman - Jordan and the European Union on Wednesday launched a joint scheme for combating terrorism and organized crime, a statement by the European Commission said.

The "European Union-Jordan Twinning Project to Fight Against Terrorism and Organized Crime" was launched at an official ceremony by the Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Suhair al-Ali.

Also attending were the Director General of the Public Security Directorate (PSD) General Mazen Qadi , head of the European Commission Delegation in Jordan Patrick Renauld, and EU ambassadors.

Amman - King Abdullah II of Jordan is to pay a state visit to South Korea st