The Latest Breaking News from Abdullah II

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz telephoned on Wednesday Jordan's King Abdullah II, reported the Saudi Press Agency. King Salman inquired about the monarch's health after he underwent surgery in Germany. King Abdullah expressed his deep gratitude to King Salman for his gesture.

Jordan’s monarch is traveling to Germany Sunday for a spine surgery, Jordan’s palace announced Saturday. King Abdullah II, 60, will undergo a surgery to treat "a herniated disc in the thoracic spine” at a hospital in Frankfurt next week, and will return home after a recovery period of one week.…

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz met Jordan's King Abdullah in Amman on Tuesday in an apparent joint effort to lower Israeli-Palestinian tensions as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan approaches.

Jordan's King Abdullah II assured Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that Amman will always support Palestine, despite all challenges. Meeting Abbas in Ramallah, King Abdullah asserted that security and stability could not be achieved in the region without just and comprehensive peace based on the two-state solution, which guarantees the establishment…

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has barred Defense Minister Benny Gantz from attending a meeting in Ramallah on Monday between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah II so as not to divert attention from the Negev summit, a political source in Tel Aviv said. The foreign ministers…

Jordan's King Abdullah II received on Friday Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. The leaders met in Aqaba for talks on boosting relations between their…

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received on Sunday telephone calls from Jordan's King Abdullah II and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. The officials telephoned him after he underwent medical tests last week. King Salman expressed his gratitude to the leaders for their good wishes.

Jordanian King Abdullah II on Thursday told Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid that Israel's "unilateral steps" in the holy city from accelerated Jewish settlement building to its attempts to change the legal status quo of the city undermined a two-state solution. King Abdullah reaffirmed the need to step up efforts…

Jordan's King Abdullah hosted Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid for talks on Thursday about coordinating ways of securing calm in Jerusalem, a frequent flashpoint of Palestinian protests, officials on both sides said.