Jordan

'Honour' killing jail term halved

AMMAN - A COURT on Wednesday halved the jail term of a Syrian man who strangled to death his Jordanian wife he suspected of having had an affair with a friend, a judicial official said.

Jordanian gets 6 months for double ‘honor killing’

AMMAN: A Jordanian man who killed his unmarried sister and her Syrian lover “to defend the family’s honor” has been jailed for six months after the court found mitigating circumstances, a legal

Jordan prosecutor charges man with killing sister

Jordan's criminal prosecutor has charged a 25-year-old man with premeditated murder for allegedly stabbing his sister to death last week.

Jordan woman stabbed to death over sex images

AMMAN (AFP) – A Jordanian man has been charged with premeditated murder for killing his married sister after seeing mobile phone images showing her having sex, a judicial official said on Thursday.