Hussein of Jordan

An outspoken half-brother of Jordan's king relinquished his princely title Sunday in apparent protest over how the country is run. It was the latest chapter in an ongoing palace feud that saw the junior royal placed under house arrest a year ago.

Mediation between Jordan's King Abdullah II and his outspoken half brother, Prince Hamzah, successfully de-escalated one of the most serious political crises in the kingdom in decades, the palace and a confidant of the prince said on April 5.

Jordan's official media warned on April 4 that security and stability are a "red line", a day after several senior figures were detained and a half-brother of King Abdullah II said he was put under house arrest.

Minister of National Defence Mihai Fifor is going to pay an official visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan over April 28 - May 2, to participate in the "Aqaba Process" reunion, reads a release on Saturday remitted to AGERPRES by the Defence Ministry's press office.

Turkey's coastguard said on Feb. 10 it had rescued a Syrian refugee who clung on alone to a sinking boat for his life after it went down while seeking to cross the Aegean Sea to Greece.

Princess Margareta and her husband Prince Radu attended the opening of the 5th Romania-Jordan Congress of Medicine and Pharmacy, under the high patronage of Princess Muna, mother of Abdullah II, King of Jordan; the Romanian royals paid a visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan between May 25 and 29.