Foreign minister meets Biden officials Yael Lempert and Hady Amr in Israel on their 2nd stop of regional de-escalation tour, says Israel 'dealing with extremist Islamist terror'

American and Jordanian authorities' press statements about ceremony in Amman make no mention of billionaire, who agreed to surrender trafficked artifacts to avoid prosecution

Simmering anger, exacerbated by revelations king bought $100 million in overseas luxury properties, threatens to destabilize a key Western ally

Court dismisses appeal filed by lawyers for Bassem Awadallah and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid, saying their 15-year prison sentences were handed down lawfully

Representatives for Bassem Awadallah, a US citizen, say trial lacked due process and allege he has been beaten, tortured in jail

US president to reportedly tell Abdullah that Trump-brokered agreements not an 'end run' on finding way to peace deal that includes Palestinian state

Biden hosts Abdullah at White House, as America withdraws forces from Iraq and Afghanistan and seeks to promote new regional alliance

US administration plans to stress that Israel's normalization agreements aren't an 'end run' around finding the way to a peace deal that includes a Palestinian state, official says

An attorney for Bassem Awadallah says he was beaten, subjected to electrical shock and threatened with future mistreatment 'if he didn't confess'

Water shortage, tensions in royal family, economic woes push nervous US and Israel to show of support for king, fearing fall of key ally could have disastrous effects on region